- Paytm creator Vijay Shekhar Sharma has told the Paytm family that Sachin Tendulkar has joined as the brand ambassador for Paytm First Games.
Paytm creator Vijay Shekhar Sharma has told the Paytm family that Sachin Tendulkar has joined as the brand ambassador.
Paytm is planning to reach 100 million users in the upcoming T20 league and invest INR 300 crore on branding and marketing this year
Paytm is the IPL ‘s Official Umpire Partner until 2022, and was India cricket’s title sponsor. According to reports, the digital payments giant Paytm, who was affiliated with Team India and the Indian Premier League (IPL), has embarked on the brand ambassador cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the company’s founder, took to Twitter and shared the good news. While sharing the post Vijay Shekhar Sharma has written “Onboarding our newest member of the @Paytm family!
Onboarding our newest @Paytm family member !
😍🏏🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/12AqGwnWV0— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) September 14, 2020
This is not the first time that Tendulkar has been linked to an Indian startup. The Bharat Ratna winner had previously invested in Smartron India, a Bengaluru-based Internet of Things (IoT) company, and had also come on board as the company’s brand ambassador.
CEO Sharma said, “Cricket has been a crucial element in Paytm’s brand journey and our young brand has performed wonderfully. We have also been the title sponsor for India cricket for the last few years, in addition to IPL. We’ve had a fantastic relationship with the BCCI and our IPL investment further reaffirms our dedication to this wonderful sport.
The brand ‘Sachin Tendulkar’ is worth around $25 million, or Rs 190 crore, according to a recent brand valuation by Duff and Phelps.
According to them, right now Virat Kohli is the greatest sports celebrity.
If we’re talking about Sachin Tendulkar, then his brand is already 30 years old and has tremendous importance in India and elsewhere.
Hailed as Cricket’s king, Sachin is visible through a range of commercials, marketing campaigns, nd many brands that have already made him the brand ambassador.
Some of Sachin’s endorsed brands include MRF Tyres, Britannia biscuits, Aviva life insurance, jp group cement, coca-cola, luminous power back up solution, musafir.com, Audemars Piguet watch, Kaspersky Internet security, ADIDAS, Castrol, boost, National Egg Coordinating Committee, Visa, Philips, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Indian Olympic Association goodwill ambassador, Talent India Mission.
It will be important to see how the branding power of Sachin Tendulkar helps Paytm extend its reach and establish better positioning.
