Reliance Industries Limited has appointed two cricketers of Gujarat, all rounder Yusuf Pathan from Vadora and Ravindra Jadeja from Jamnagar, as brand ambassadors of their company at a ceremony organized at Ahmed Nagar on Tuesday.

The RIL Gujarat group president (corporate affairs), Parimal Nathwani, was also present at the ceremony and he welcomed both cricketers in their group. The wicket- keeper-batsman, Parthiv Patel has already joined RIL group. Parthiv Patel joined the group five years ago on June 25, 2004.

Mr. Nathwani said that both cricketers have inked a long term contract with their group and they would help them to identify potential cricketers as they have been looking towards forming their own cricket team.

He added that Pathan and Jadeja were colleagues at the Rajasthan Royals, franchisee of Indian Premier League, and now they have become colleagues at the Reliance as executives of Sports and Culture.

Reliance groups also own Mumbai Indians team in the cash rich Indian Premier League.