"VAN" (Sports Desk) :: Pakistan’s most jeweled fan, Chacha Cricket aka Abdul Jalil along with Bangladesh’s famous fan Tiger aka Shoyab Ali and Sri Lanka’s Gayan Senanayaka are three other global recipients of first ever Global Sports Fan Awards 2019 followed by the recent announcement of two Indian Super Fans Sudhir Kumar Gautam and Sugumar Kumar at the one of a kind award ceremony to be held in Manchester on 14th June.
Pakistan’s Chacha Cricket is the most experienced and oldest fan among the global awardees with 5 decades of fan stint while Shoyab Ali has been cheering for his team as the Bangladeshi Tiger since past nine years. Sri Lanka’s Gayan Senanayaka started his journey as a fan when he was 17 years old and first attended the World Cup in 1996. Since then, the journey has been unstoppable for these greatest fans.
With an aim to honor real passion of greatest fans, the Global Sports Fan Awards has been crafted by Indian Sports Fan, India’s largest sports fan community to acknowledge, honor and award the biggest of fans.
Speaking on the historical occasion, Chacha Cricket intonated, “After five decades of Cricket frenzy madness I am overwhelmed to get my first global recognition. This is an emotional moment for me and I would like to thank my family and all well wishers who stood beside me. Also inundated to stoke the fandom across Cricket playing nations”.
Whereas an excited Shoyab Ali said, “This is a lifetime achievement for me. I am thrilled with this acknowledgement and have no words to express my happiness & accomplishment. This is a breakthrough moment for fans like us who are on a sacrificing spree to thoroughly follow our passion. On receiving the Global Sports Fan Awards, my journey has achieved a memorable milestone”.
While the award function is honoring cricket fans in the inaugural edition, the organizers are keen on organizing other sports fan awards in the coming years.
Speaking on the global initiative, U.K. based Indian Sports Fan representative, Kuldeep Ahlawat added, “Indian Sports Fan has emerged out of passion connecting alike’s from all across the world. Revering fans is our greatest endeavor and Global Sports Fan Awards is the reflection of it. For the first time ever, we have come out with a concept to honor the biggest & greatest fans which in itself is a historic moment. With the Global Sports Fan Awards we are sure of clubbing more than 25000 fans under one roof witnessing the greatness of fans on the occasion of Cricket World Cup 2019. Our journey will thrive to continue with stronger footsteps for fans in the near future carving more fan centric events”.
The inaugural edition of the award ceremony will host 5 greatest fans with 2 emerging categories in the UK on the sidelines of Cricket World Cup 2019. The glittering award ceremony will take place on the 14th of June 2019 at Manchester, UK.
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