Indian limited over captain MS Dhoni featured in a commercial of ticket sales for the inaugural edition of the Masters Champions League (MCL).
He came up with a special message in the Master Cricket League promotional video. The tournament will start on January 28 in Dubai. Dhoni has recently been named the brand ambassador for MCL’s parent company, Dean Jones’ Grand Midwest Group, for a period of three years.
Dhoni said, “Hi, today, I am in front of you not as a cricketer but as a cricket fan. I have come here to tell you that our favourite cricketers are coming back to play on the field. Every fan will definitely say one thing for sure. We want sixer!”
The Twenty 20 tournament for former cricketers will start on 28th January next year. It has already drawn a lot of excitement after the grand success of All-Star Cricket League of Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne in the United States. The brainchild of former Australian batsman Dean Jones was launched at the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel, in Dubai, UAE on June 2015.
In the inagural match, two Indian legends will confront eahc other. Sourav Ganguly’s Libra Legends and Virender Sehwag’s Gemini Arabians will lock horns at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The openingmatch will also feature players like Graeme Swann and Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan.
The grand finale of the 17 days tournament will take place on February 13.
The cricket fans of generations will gear up to watch their favourite cricketrs padded up one again. Sultan of Swing Wasim Akram, inovator dooshra and tishra Saqlain Mustag are one of two greats of the game will take the field amongst others.
The fans will obviously be geared up to watch their favorite cricketers play once again, that too in the thrilling T20 format. Kumar Sangakkara, Wasim Akram, Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, Graeme Swann and Saqlain Mushtaq are some of the great who will take the field amongst others.
“The Masters are back,” Dhoni says at the end of the promo as the kids cheer from behind at stand.