New Delhi: International football sensation, Didier Drogba is all set to have his first experience of India as the striker is set to coach the national winners of the Pepsi T20 Football amateur tournament against to play an exhibition match with the stars of the Indian cricket team, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Vijay. While, the national winning team will be led by avid footballer and youth icon, Ranbir Kapoor, MS Dhoni will front the Indian cricket team, and be coached by Baichung Bhutia, the legend of Indian football in the Grand Finale of Pepsi T20 Football scheduled to take place on June 17 at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi.
Pepsi’s first ever football campaign was launched in India with a fun and irreverent film featuring Ranbir Kapoor that set the tone for the real action. It was followed by a unique grassroots initiative, Pepsi T20 Football that took football outside the conventional domain, giving it a refreshing twist.
The initiative combined the excitement and fun of T20 style of playing cricket with the speed, thrill and spirit of football. Organized in a unique metallic cage, the 20-minute knock out matches were held in major Indian cities including Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Ludhiana and Delhi, with phenomenal response. A total of 8-teams, including 1 winning team from each city and 1 wild card entry from their Facebook community will compete to emerge as ‘Game Changers’.
Indian Sports News Network
