NEW DELHI: IOS Sports and Entertainment Monday announced roping in two young Indian cricketers Samarth Vyas and Rajvardhan Hangargekar into their athlete roster.
The 20-year-old Rajvardhan Hangargekar who hails from Maharashtra and dons the role of a bowling all-rounder will be seen in action at this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), while the Rajkot-based 27-year-old batsman, Samarth Vyas will be seen in action with SunRisers Hyderabad franchise.
Rajvardhan made his T20 debut two years ago representing Maharashtra in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and made his List A debut for Maharashtra in the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He was also a member of the Indian squad that lifted the 2022 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.
Rahul Trehan, COO, IOS Sports and Entertainment commented, “Rajvardhan and Samarth are special talents. They both are good with the bat and the ball and have the passion to work hard to reach the top. We at IOS sports love to nurture that passion and help them grow in their sport. We are excited to work with these young athletes and look forward to seeing them play for India one day.”
IOS Sports’ roster include motorsport athletes Mira Erda and Aishwarya Pissay, Olympic medalists like MC Mary Kom (Boxing), Vijender Singh (Boxing), Manpreet Singh (Hockey), Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), and Paralympic medalists like Nishad Kumar (High Jump), Manoj Sarkar (Badminton) to name a few. Along with them, IOS sports also manages Olympians like Rani Rampal (Hockey), Manika Batra (Table Tennis) and elite international athletes like Hima Das (Athletics) and Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton) while also, aiming at providing the right guidance to budding talents like Jeremy Lalrinnunga (Weightlifting), Malvika Bansod (Badminton), Ishaan Bhatnagar (Badminton) and Dhruv Kapila (Badminton).
