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Pepsi drops Ganguly, Dravid; Ishant, Rohit in

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Posted: Feb 17, 2008 at 1118 hrs IST

New Delhi, February 17: The change of guard in Indian cricket team is reflecting in the endorsement market, with soft drinks major Pepsi deciding to drop Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid as ambassadors while roping in youngsters Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma, in line with its brand ideology.

As far as master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who has been Pepsi's brand ambassador for a long time now, is concerned, the company is observing a silence.

"From time to time we review the list of stars and depending on situation and who we think is right, we pick and choose. In case of cricketers, Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma are surely in as they have the attitude and aggression reflecting Pepsi's brand image PepsiCo India Executive Vice President, Marketing (Cola), Sandeep Singh Arora told PTI.

"If you talk about Rahul and Ganguly, they are not on the list now," Arora said.

While Ganguly and Dravid have been dropped from the One-day team, on Tendulkar who is a part of the team, Arora said, "it would be inappropriate to talk about him at this point of time."

Pepsi's decision to sign Ishant and Rohit, the two emerging cricketers who have received accolades for their performances in the ongoing Commonwealth Bank One-day triseries in Australia, is a part of the company's focus to position Pepsi as a youth brand, for which it has also kicked off its new campaign for 2008, 'Yeh hai Youngistaan Meri Jaan'.

"The new campaign targets the youth of the nation, not only youngsters but also people young at heart. 'Youngistaan' represents a never failing attitude, desire to take on challenges and the power to turn things around," Arora said.

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