You may like cricket or absolutely hate it, but one thing that you can’t deny about the game is that it brings people together – even across geographies. One of the finest examples is how cricket fans from all around the world banded together to support Iceland Cricket. Since Iceland isn’t a member of the ICC, the Iceland national cricket team doesn’t receive any funding from the sport’s governing body, and was even denied the opportunity to participate in World Cup qualifying rounds.
Following up on the idea, Redditor thesatansvalet reached out to Kit Harris, Secretary of the Iceland Cricket Board, and proposed the crowdfunding idea. A separate crowdfunding campaign was set up to raise GBP 2,000, which would make r/cricket the official team sponsor for the Iceland Cricket team for two years. It’s rumored that India cricket captain Virat Kohli is also a secret patron, but this piece of information hasn’t been confirmed yet.
We’ve had an anonymous donation of 10,000 rupees and we’ve heard a rumour that our secret benefactor is @imVkohli. We’re trying to get confirmation. It’s possible that the great Kohli has joined the crowdfunding of the world’s newest national cricket team. https://t.co/s3iDDswqhp
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) April 14, 2018
We are delighted to announce the https://t.co/yanXQxRGjo community as the official sponsor of the Iceland cricket team, and its UK tours, for the next two years. We urge you to join their community and to follow @reddit_cricket. We’ll be launching our 2018 kit with them soon. pic.twitter.com/gaZQPg4d2U
