Kings XI Punjab will be sporting new colours in the second edition of the DLF Indian Premier League that commences on April 18 in South Africa.

The Punjab based team has signed a three-year multi-million dollar deal with Dubai based airline Emirates.

The new jersey was unveiled in Mumbai on Saturday with skipper Yuvraj Singh and co-owner Preity Zinta sporting the new look. The team‘s jersey has been conceptualized by the team’s co owner Zinta and their partner – Reebok.

Dubai-based Emirates airline will be the team’s title sponsors with eight other brands- Gulf Oil, Nimbooz, Netlinkblue, Reebok, Springbok Intl, Royal Challenge, Dabur Glucose-D and Orbit.

Mohit Burman, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab, said: “We will create the same buzz in South Africa as we would have created in India”.

Kings XI Punjab started the first season of DLF Indian Premier League on a disastrous note losing its first opening two matches ,but then recovered its lost ground and went on to play the semi finals against Chennai Super Kings.
Source – khabrein.info