Pune: Mumbai-based La Pegasus Polo, founded by Sanjay Jindal and one of India’s upcoming Premiere Polo Establishments, has decided to field an International team in the inaugural edition of the X-treme Polo League, a concept envisioned by former Argentine Polo player Juan Zavalia, and inspired by the Indian Premier League, to popularise the sport of Polo in the world.
The XPL has been devised as eventually becoming a Global League from 2020, with the inaugural edition comprising a total prize money of US$724,000, set to begin just before the start of the Spring Polo Season in Argentina, a country well known, to be the best in Polo for a long time and having the game’s best players.
The announcement makes La Pegasus, the only Indian-owned and Foreign Franchise in the world’s first ever Professional Polo league.
“After renewing the Partnership with the Argentina Open Polo Championship, we felt it was only natural for us to Partner with a Revolutionary new concept, having an immense potential to popularise the game of Polo,” said Sanjay Jindal, Patron-Founder of La Pegasus Polo.
XPL is scheduled to begin from the September 25 and the finals slated for October 5 at the PILAR Polo grounds in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The XPL plans to move to places like the US, UK, France, Spain, Dubai and Qatar.