Star Sports Pro Kabaddi today signed 'Bahubali' star Rana Daggubati as their brand ambassador for the third season.
The new face of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi will promote the sport and league across mediums to kabaddi enthusiasts, especially in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Excited about his new role, the Telugu actor said, "For me Kabaddi has always been a fun sport growing up and excited that Star India has pushed the envelope in promoting the sport and making it even more popular in this new format. I'm particularly excited to meet the amazingly talented players as I am also their fan. This will be a great experience."
With less than 10 days to go for the third edition, Sanjay Gupta, COO, Star India said, "There is a growing passion for the sport and this success helps us in our goal of encouraging sporting talent and nurturing heroes. One of our brand ambassadors for Season 3, Rana Daggubati, lends his bold, powerful image to Star Sports Pro Kabaddi for Season 3. With his pan-India popularity, we hope the association will aid our goal of fostering a multi-sport culture in the country.
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Later, bottom-of-the-table Bengal Warriors downed U Mumba 31-27 to leave the hosts -- still fourth on the table -- with 35 points and two matches in hand.
Leading 11-9 at half-time, the Warriors never let the game slip from their hands against Mumbai who had been held 25-all by Telugu Titans yesterday.
Danger man and rival captain Anup Kumar was kept in check to 5 raid points while Rishank Devadiga and Rakesh Kumar tallied 7 and 4 touch points for Mumbai.
Korean Jang Kun Lee did the star turn for the Warriors with 6 touch and two bonus raid points while Monu Goyat got 5 and 1.
Mumbai trailed 23-31 with the last minute left and made a determined effort to catch up.
Devadiga raked up one raid point followed by three but the leeway was too big to bridge in the time available for Mumbai.
