MUMBAI: WTF Sports, a fantasy sports gaming platform Wednesday formally announced their launch in India and globally and appointed cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian squad at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2020 and Suresh Raina, as global brand ambassadors with the latter also joining the brand as a strategic partner.
The announcement was made through a web conference with prominent cricket host Vikram Sathaye moderating and hosting the webinar and Vinit Bhatia, Manit Parikh and Yash Kadakia co-founders – India and Global, WTF Sports introducing the cricketers as the global brand ambassadors.
The app currently hosts three major sports, multiple playing modes and exciting contests, ensuring that sports fans can get more skilful by letting them strategize and use their sports knowledge into rewarding behaviour. Users can create their own team made up of real-life players from upcoming matches, score points based on their on-field performance and compete with other fans. The app lets you manage your own team, mentor them and invite your friends to join in.
Commenting on the launch and announcement Bhatia, Parikh and Kadakia, jointly stated in an official release: “We’re excited to launch WTF Sports and indulge the sports fanatic and have them use their sports knowledge. Harmanpreet and Suresh are some of the top players from the Indian cricketing world, they’re also great sportspeople, their energy, fierceness and strategic bent of mind is what makes them great Global Brand Ambassadors and they’re the perfect embodiment of the platform. It was also extremely exciting to have Suresh on board as a Strategic Partner with us and help us evolve the platform as we go along.”
Said Raina: “It is exciting to be a part of a fantasy sports platform like WTF Sports not just as an ambassador but also as the strategic partner.”
