ISL: Five things you should know about Kerala Blasters FC
With just a day to go for the kick-off of the much awaited Hero Indian Super League, the franchises are wrapping up their final preparations for the high profiled tournament while on the other side, fans nationwide are also gearing up for some exciting challenges and new rivalries within the domestic footballing arena, something which was earlier concentrated to very few footballing hubs in India.'Here we take a closer look at five interesting things that you should know about Kerala Blasters FC:
#1 The Master Blaster Effect
The inaugural edition of the Hero Indian Super League would see former and current stars of world football closely link up with different franchises along with some renowned names of the cricket and film fraternity of India.
IMG-Reliance were highly successful in terms of attracting popular figures in an ownership role for the franchises. Yet, for an Indian, let alone his love for sports or rather cricket, nothing goes beyond one name, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, who is the co-owner of Kerala Blasters FC.
The living legend nicknamed the ‘Master Blaster’ is arguably the biggest catch of all and is expected to make a huge impact for the Kochi based franchise. In a nation where cricket is treated as a religion, and Sachin as a ‘God’, this epic takeover of the Kerala franchise by the cricketing God would literally mean the state is indeed the ‘God’s own Country’.