Fahad the 'First Ball er Captain' Abdulla Al Fahad became the lucky winner of the 'Pepsi First Ball er Captain' contest and will be on his way to England to bowl a ceremonial first ball in a match of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.
The winning contestant was chosen through a two-stage process. During the first stage the contestants SMS-ed a unique code from a scratch card, which was obtained from the purchase of a Pepsi drink. The 200 contestants who sent in the highest number of unique codes were selected to participate in the second phase, the "Prove Yourself Day" where they were evaluated on their performance on a series of activities. The eventual activity was to bowl at a single stump where Fahad was able to hit the stump consistently in sudden death and was adjudged the winner.
Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan presented Fahad with the air ticket to England while the other four top contestants earned the opportunity to have diner with players from the Bangladesh national team.
Tejinder Khurana, country manager of PepsiCo International, and general manager of Transcom Beverages Limited Khurshid Irfan Chowdhury were also present at the event.
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