Sanspareils Greenlands

The company was founded by brothers Kedarnath and Dwarakanath Anand in Sialkot, present-day Pakistan in 1931. Originally from Lahore, the brothers apprenticed at their uncle’s sports shop before deciding to diversify their family’s leather business into sports equipment manufacturing and exports. By the start of World War II, the company employed around 250 workers and remained operational during the war. After the partition of India, the family moved to Agra and later settled in Meerut in 1950. In 1972, the company introduced its own line of protective cricket gear under the brand Featherlite. ==Products==

The company manufactures cricket clothing and equipment including bats, balls and other equipment. The company manufactures the red balls used in all Test cricket in India since 1994. The ball is hand-stitched with a more prominent seam resulting from the thicker thread used for stitching. While its pronounced seam makes it last longer, the ball does not swing early but starts swinging later. The protruding seam gives more control for the fast bowlers and a firm grip for the spinners. ==See also==