ICL received a much needed boost on August 22nd with well known Telugu actor Vishnu Manchu becoming a stakeholder of the ICL team - the Hyderabad Heroes. Manchu, famous for his movie 'Dhee', bought a minority stake of the successful Hyderabad Heroes team.

ICL Executive Board Member Kiran More said while announcing Manchu's foray in cricket said that this would provide potential sponsors and sports investors an opportunity to double their advantage by becoming minority stakeholders and brand builders.

"On behalf of ICL, I welcome on board the Telugu film industry superstar Vishnu Manchu as an investor and enthusiastic cricketer. Vishnu's impressive credentials as an entrepreneur and his popularity in Hyderabad adds solidity to ICL's objective of promoting domestic Indian cricket," the former India stumper said. 

Vishnu together with Andy Srinivasan, manages ThinkSmart - a company with offices in USA and India.  ThinkSmart provides editing, graphic design, animation and other services to the film industry.  ThinkSmart's USA Head Andy Srinivasan is married to Vishnu's sister Lakshmi - a Hollywood actress who currently appears in Las Vegas.

 Manchu Vishnu bought a stake in Hyderabad Heroes marking a foray into cricketainment for the co-owner of ThinkSmart.

Vishnu is the brother of Lakshmi Manchu who appears in the TV serial Las Vegas.