Indian batter Virat Kohli was introduced as the most recent superstar workforce proprietor within the E1 World Championship on Tuesday, becoming a member of the likes of Rafa Nadal, Tom Brady, Didier Drogba and Sergio Perez on the earth’s first all-electric powerboat collection.
The UIM E1 World Championship is the newest entry into the environmentally accountable motor sports activities competitors, becoming a member of Formula E and off highway Extreme E, and is scheduled to start racing subsequent yr in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Kohli, broadly thought to be one in all sport’s finest batsmen, and sports activities tech entrepreneur Adi Okay Mishra will likely be principals on the helm of “The Blue Rising” workforce within the competitors, which is the brainchild of Formula E and Extreme E founder Alejandro Agag.
“I want to inspire people to have a competitive spirit and to raise awareness about sustainability issues, something I am becoming more and more passionate about as we build a family,” Kohli, 34, stated in an announcement.
“I can’t wait to cheer for our male and female pilots racing for our team.”
Former Chelsea striker Drogba, seven-time NFL Super Bowl champion Brady, 22-time tennis Grand Slam champion Nadal and Formula One driver Sergio Perez had been all beforehand named as workforce homeowners within the collection.
Former India captain Kohli, who’s making ready for the World Cup on dwelling soil beginning on Thursday, stated he was trying ahead to lining up towards his fellow workforce homeowners as soon as the competitors begins.
“We’re going electric, we’re going flying over the water and we’re going to try to win it for The Blue Rising,” Kohli stated.
The inaugural season can have stops in Venice, Monaco and Rotterdam with extra venues to be introduced later.
Published On:
Oct 3, 2023
