Adani Sportsline is the sporting branch of the Adani Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate based in Ahmedabad, India, with a presence in ports, logistics, energy, utility, and infrastructure.
Adani Sportsline owns multiple sports teams across various leagues, mostly under the moniker ‘Gujarat Giants’. These include teams in the Women’s Premier League, Pro Kabaddi League, Ultimate Kho Kho League, Legends League Cricket, and International League T20 (under the name ‘Gulf Giants’).[1]
Adani Sportsline also has academies for cricket, football, tennis, basketball, speed skating, and skateboarding at their home base in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Additionally, they organize the Ahmedabad Marathon, an annual marathon that raises money for India’s Armed Forces.
Adani also have other sports initiatives, including a 2016 nationwide program to prepare athletes for Rio Olympics called 'Garv Hai'. It was relaunched for a second time to groom athletes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2022 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. The program focuses on archery, shooting, athletics, boxing, and wrestling.
Beneficiaries of the ‘Garv Hai’ [2] pilot project in 2016 include Ankita Raina (tennis), Pinki Jangra (boxing), Shiva Thapa (boxing), Khushbir Kaur (athletics), Inderjeet Singh (athletics), Mandeep Jangra (boxing), Malaika Goel (shooting), Deepak Punia (wrestling), KT Irfan (Racewalking) and Sanjivani Jadhav (athletics).
The current athletes supported by the ‘Garv Hai’ initiative include Chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, Deepak Punia (wrestling), Ravi Dahiya (wrestling), and Poymantee Baiswa (table tennis).
Additionally, the Adani Foundation supports Amir Hussain Lone, a differently-abled cricketer from Jammu & Kashmir.[3]
The Adani Group also has naming rights on Hegvold Stadium (now known as Adani Arena) in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, and the pavilion end of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.[4]