Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal invests in Fullife Healthcare

Cricketer Mayank Agarwal, who has the record of making the highest score by an Indian cricketer on Test debut in Australia, has began a new innings as an investor in Fullife Healthcare, parent of sports nutrition brand Fast&Up.

"The athlete-investor space is very common among successful professional athletes in the US and it was something I was keen to explore," Agarwal, captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Punjab Kings, said.

"My business team and I have been studying and researching global best practices on athlete investments in other markets and we have been exploring the right way to go about it in India," he added.

Fullife Healthcare offers pharmaceutical and over-the- counter products, focusing on areas like active living and women's health. It has two direct-to-consumer brands -- Fast&Up and Chicnutrix, a skin and hair supplement.

Agarwal said he had been using Fast&Up products to enhance his on-field performance since the early days of his international career.

"I first started using the Fast&Up sports nutrition products during the 2017-18 first-class cricket season. This was when I had incorporated distance running into my training programs which became crucial in my performance that year," he said.

"As I've had a very long-term organic relationship with Fast&Up, investing in their parent company Fullife Healthcare was a logical next step in my association with the brand," said Agarwal, who did not disclose the amount he invested in the brand.