Cricket icon Sourav Ganguly was appointed the brand ambassador of Tripura tourism, Chief Minister Manik Saha announced on Tuesday. The announcement came after Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury met Ganguly at his residence in Kolkata along with state officials, and discussed the proposal.
The chief minister said he also spoke to Ganguly over the phone and was confident that his participation in the campaigns would give an impetus to the state's tourism sector.
"It's a matter of great pride that former captain of Indian cricket team Sourav Ganguly has accepted our proposal to be the Brand Ambassador of Tripura Tourism," Saha said in a Facebook post.
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Prior to this, Ganguly came into the limelight when the former cricketer exchanged a heated stare with former RCB skipper Virat Kohli. In the match against Delhi Capital, there was another incident where Virat and Sourav Ganguly came face to face and the camera took notice of it.
It started with Kohli giving a death stare to Ganguly and ended with Ganguly not shaking hands with the former RCB skipper.
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