CA Sports
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Industry | Sport, footwear, apparel, sports accessories |
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Founded | 1958 |
Founder | Charaghdin Abdulrasheed |
Headquarters | Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan |
Area served | Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Middle East, South Africa, UK, Australia, UAE, USA. |
Key people |
Zahid Javed (CEO) |
Number of employees | 500 |
Website | Official website |
CA Sports is a Pakistani sporting good company headquartered in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1958, CA manufactures and exports sporting goods. The company’s name refers to the first initials of its founder’s name.[1]
CA Sports have been the official kit sponsor of Pakistan national cricket team, producing and supplying clothing to Pakistan cricket team. The curve-shaped bats, a staple in today’s cricket, were first produced by CA in 1979.[2] The company currently provides the kits for the Afghanistan national cricket team.
The company has sponsored many national & international players like Inzamam ul Haq, Javed Miandad, Saeed Anwar, Moin Khan, Saleem Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Umer Akmal, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper, Michael Bevan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Jacob Oram, Tamim Iqbal, and Shoaib Malik.
Endorsements
The following players have endorsement deals with CA:
Pakistan
Misbah-ul-Haq Omar Shoaib Moosa Neshat Abdur Rehman Imran Nazir Shoaib Malik Asad Shafiq Nasir Jamshed Zulfiqar Ali Magsi Sohaib Maqsood Uthba zamin Inzamam-ul-Haq Fakhar Zaman Haris Sohail Javed Miandad Younis Khan
New Zealand
Bangladesh
England
Sri Lanka
Ireland
West Indies
Kenya
References
- ↑ Khan, Saadia (March 29, 2015). "CA Sports: Pitch perfect". Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "From timber to sixer: How a Pakistani bat manufacturer shaped cricket". Dawn newspaper. October 25, 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2017.