Tiger Shroff has been named as the brand ambassador for the Esports Premier League 2021, a franchise-based official Free Fire Tournament that begins on June 16. ESPL 2021 has partnered with Garena, a well-known media firm in India, to host the country’s first-ever Free Fire Tournament. Infinix Mobile, a Hongkong-based smartphone manufacturer company joined the league as the title sponsor.
While Esports has grown in popularity, particularly during the lockdown, this league is the first of its type to collaborate with Bollywood to further Esports’ popularity and acceptance. This ground-breaking alliance intends to create an ecosystem unlike any other in the Indian Esports sectors Mobile Company, a Hong Kong smartphone manufacturer is the league’s sponsor. Shroff’s popularity and significant influence among millennials and Gen-Z will be used by the league.
Tiger Shroff expressed his delight at the ESPL 2021 cross-over with the following words “I am really excited to collaborate with Esports Premier League. This opens a tremendous opportunity to recognize the growing talent in Esports in India. As the world’s first franchise-based model in Esports, ESPL will surely help in putting India first on the global map. Esports fans and gamers are shaping the future of entertainment and sports. And I’m glad to represent this force of the future.”
The ESPL 2021 is a franchise-based competition that has teamed with Garena to deliver Free Fire’s dedicated gaming platform to India. The league will take place over the course of two and a half months and will feature a prize fund of INR 25 lakhs.
Tiger Shroff, on the other hand, is the first Bollywood actor to enter the esports industry in India, which might make this tournament into one of the most important eSports and gaming events in the country.