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New Delhi: An emerging cricketer from Jharkhand who led the Indian Cricket team in the recently concluded U-19 World Cup held in Bangladesh, today became the second cricketer after senior India batsman Suresh Raina to have been exclusively signed by country’s leading sports management group IOS Sports & Entertainment for a period of three years.<\/p>\n
The 17 year old-left handed batsman and wicket-keeper from Jharkhand who started playing cricket on the streets of Patna, made his debut in the Ranji Trophy against Assam in December 2014 while playing from Jharkhand. Ishan has played with MS Dhoni at the Vijay Hazare Trophy and is also a part of team Gujarat Lions for the upcoming IPL 2016. In 2015, he took over the captaincy of the India U-19 team during the triangular series in Sri-Lanka and convinced selectors with his leadership skills by winning the series.<\/p>\n
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The promising Captain Ishan has signed a three year commercial deal with IOS for his worldwide representation rights. With this association IOS will manage Ishan’s endorsements and brand associations, corporate profile, patents and digital rights, images, visibility on social networking sites and merchandise.<\/p>\n
On signing IOS as its exclusive management agency, Ishan Kishan said “I am fortunate to be associated with IOS, an organization that is proficiently managing the commercial interests of iconic sportspersons in the country. I am glad to be in the able hands of IOS and can now focus completely on performing better and cementing my place in the senior national squad”.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the announcement Mr. Neerav Tomar, MD & CEO IOS Sports & Entertainment said “In keeping with IOS’s steadfast commitment towards building and promoting sports in the country, we are proud to have added a confident and correct wicket-keeper batsman with great leadership qualities to our portfolio. The basis of our choice of who we can work with and help from a commercial point of view is that each of the players is focused on his on-ground performance. We believe promising youngster Ishan has the potential to be among the top cricketers of the next generation”.<\/p>\n
In the first class cricket, Ishan has scored 736 runs in 10 matches including one century and five half-centuries.<\/p>\n
By inducting country’s promising cricketer and India’s U-19 Captain Ishan Kishan into its fold, IOS has consolidated its Talent Management verticals position as India’s leading sports management group. IOS manages some elite sportspersons from different disciplines Suresh Raina, Olympic medalists Saina Nehwal, Vijender Singh & MC Mary Kom, Olympian shooter Heena Sidhu and works closely with more than 20 other sports stars including Olympic medalist wrestler Sushil Kumar, shooter Gagan Narang, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, hockey players Sandeep Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh, archer Deepika Kumari and India’s No. 1 squash player Sourav Ghoshal.<\/p>\n
An established player in the sports marketing industry in India, IOS specializes in Marketing Consulting, Event Management, Film Branding, Talent Management, Sports Infrastructure, Rights Management, Outdoor Advertising and PR & Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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