The first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play in the IPL, Parveez Rasool, has refused to sport a liquor brand&#39;s logo on his Pune Warriors team jersey, saying that it would hurt his religious sentiments. The 24-year-old Rasool made his IPL debut against Kolkata Knight Riders last week and hid the liquor brand&#39;s logo on his jersey with a tape. &quot;I used tape to hide the logo and people were initially wondering why I was doing this. I told them that it is because my religion prohibits alcohol consumption. I can&#39;t endorse liquor brand. For me my belief is paramount. My family is happy with the decision,&quot; he said. <img alt="Parvez Rasool" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/rasool.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 457px;" /> Parvez Rasool won&#39;t sport liquor brand&#39;s logo on Pune Warriors team jersey since it hurts his religious sentiments. File Pic This is not the first instance of a cricketer refusing to promote a liquor brand on his jersey. South Africa&#39;s Hashim Amlau00a0had refused to play till the team&#39;s official sponsor -- a well-known beer brand -- was removed from his jersey. Rasool&#39;s IPL debut came after being in the dugout for 12 matches. In his first match, he claimed the prized scalp of Jacques Kallis and finished with decent bowling figures of 4-0-23-1 and scored one run.u00a0 In the second match against Mumbai Indians, Rasool bowled just one over and gave away five runs and scored 4 runs coming into bat at number 10. The unassuming player from the valley shot to limelight with a seven-wicket haul against visiting Australians while playing for the Board President&#39;s XI earlier this year. Rasool, a day ahead of his 24th birthday, spun a web around the Aussies with impressive figures of seven for 45 for the Board President&#39;s XI on a pitch that offered the slow bowlers assistance.

Parveez Rasool, the first cricketer in IPL from the Kashmir valley, has removed the logo of a liquor brand - a team sponsor - from his Pune Warriors team jersey, saying it hurts his religious sentiments.

IPL 6: Parveez Rasool refuses to sport liquor brand's logo on Pune Warriors team jersey

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