IPL 2025 Remaining: Former UK PM Rishi Sunak Cheers For RCB At Narendra Modi Stadium – SEE PICS
Former British Prime Minister and Conservative politician Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, June 3, attended the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 ultimate between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
The 45-year-old Sunak was seen cheering for RCB from the stands. Earlier than the beginning of the sport, the ex-UK Prime Minister had backed RCB to finish their 18-year await an IPL trophy.
“I am going to provide you with a clue — Ee Sala Cup Namde! Hopefully, my pronunciation has improved since I proposed to Akshata 16 years in the past in Kannada the place, fact be informed, I’m not fully certain she knew what I used to be speaking about!,” stated Sunak.
“However clearly, I’m married right into a Bangalore household, so RCB is my group. We went to matches collectively a very long time in the past, and truly, Akshata’s mom and father obtained me this shirt once we obtained married, which is nice,” he added.
Sunak additionally revealed that he’s an enormous Virat Kohli fan and referred to as the previous India skipper a legend.
“Now, when it comes to my favorite gamers clearly, I’m an enormous Virat Kohli fan. He is a complete legend. Certainly one of my prized possessions is a signed bat of his that (India’s Exterior Affairs) Minister S. Jaishankar introduced me once I was Prime Minister, as a Diwali present, to Downing Avenue — which is wonderful,” he stated.
Former Prime Minister of the UK additionally spoke in regards to the return of cricket to the Olympics after a century-long hiatus.
Notably, cricket has been added to the record of competitions of the Los Angeles Video games 2028, a primary for the game since 1900.
“It is a signal of the affect India now has within the twenty first century. India’s passions, India’s tastes — they now have a world impression. Why is cricket again within the Olympics for the primary time in 100 years? Due to India,” stated Sunak.
He additionally touched upon the landscape-changing impact the Indian Premier League (IPL) has had over time.
“The IPL has reworked cricket. I feel each cricketer, in all places, needs to play within the IPL in some unspecified time in the future of their profession now. It is also been nice for the ladies’s recreation, getting extra women into the game (by the Girls’s Premier League),” Sunak stated.
