Shark Tank India is one of the most popular shows and it casts Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, Vineeta Singh, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal, and Amit Jain as judges in the second edition of the popular show.
Now, the former BharatPe Boss has recalled the reason he reject Virat Kohli as a brand ambassador once and insisted he paid half of what Kohli would’ve charged to sign 11 other players. He shared his idea with the cricketing icon. To everyone’s surprise, Kohli admired his business sense.
During his appearance on the Vagehra Vagehra podcast, Ashneer shared that while discussing the deal, he also offered Virat Kohli’s wife, actor Anushka Sharma, as a part of the package.
However, he wasn’t keen on that!
Before he began his story, Ashneer shared some background information and said that he was discussing an IPL deal with some brokers, and suggested that because every inch of the players’ jerseys is plastered with ads, he would like to place his on their backsides.
He said, “Kohli asked for an amount, which I won’t reveal here, he’ll take offence. They also offered me, Anushka, a package deal, and I said I don’t want to repeat what Manyavar had already done. So, I asked if they could get me 11 other players for half of what Kohli was demanding. And that’s the deal I finally struck.”
However, the idea wasn’t serious and Ashneer shared adding that as a solution, the broker suggested that he should enlist Kohli.
Ashneer said that he actually told Kohli this story one time, and his reaction was amusing. He said, “I don’t have a single photo with any of them, I didn’t go for the shoots even. I just have one photo of me talking to Kohli recently. And I was telling him about this story. He said it was very good business.”
Shark Tank India has emerged as a household name following the success of season 1. However, Ashneer did not return for the recently released second season.
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