Colombo, April 6 (IANS) stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he believed that the 1996 World Cup Langka team was in its aggressive and unique style of hitting, gave birth to the Cricket T20 game.
In interaction with members of the World Cup winning team including Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Aravinda de Silva, Marvan Atapattu, Ravindra Pushpakara, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena and Romesh Kaluwitharana, discussed, discussed, discussed, discussed, discussed, discussed, discuss PMI Cricket and Trougal India to His Hish.
“Hello, I am very happy because I had the opportunity to meet you all. Your team still remembers it in India, and the beating that he gave, comrades, people still not forgotten,” the Prime Minister joked.
He highlighted how India’s victory in the 1983 World Cup and Sri Lanka’s victory in 1996 played transformative roles in the global scene of Cricket.
“When India won the World Cup in 1983 and when it did it, comrades in 1996, both offered two chicks. I think the birth of T20 was the way you played, comrades in that tournament,” he said.
The Prime Minister recalled the visit of India to Sri Lanka in 1996 despite the explosion of bombs, describing it as a strong symbol of sportsmanship and permanent friendship. The Prime Minister presented an example of how he visited Sri Lanka immediately after the 2019 terrorist attacks and said that the spirit of India is still the same.
“India has decided that” we’ll go and play “when all the teams escaped after bombs explosions, I saw that all the players appreciate us. The difficulties facing Sri Lanka, we did not leave them alone.
The Sri Lankan players requested the support of high -quality cricket development in the northern part of Sri Lanka, especially Javina.
Cricket players expressed and thanked the Prime Minister for the generous assistance of India during the economic crisis of Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Modi repeated India’s commitment to the “neighborhood first” policy, citing India’s support for Myanmar during an earthquake recently as another example.
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