Taimour Mirza is Markhor’s Tape Ball Brand Ambassador — the most specific signing in the group, and the most local.
Tape ball, and why it counts
Tape ball is the version of cricket most Pakistanis actually play. A tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, a street or a rooftop or a patch of ground. It needs no square, no kit and no club, and it has its own stars, tournaments and crowds.
Taimour Mirza is among the best known names in it. A brand that signs a tape ball player is talking to people where they are rather than where a television camera is.
Read the signing announcement in Stories.