PM Modi meets members of Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup-winning facet on go to to island nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with members of the 1996 Sri Lankan cricket staff, in Colombo on Saturday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 5, 2025) interacted with members of the 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan cricket staff and stated the triumph captured the creativeness of numerous sports activities lovers.

PM Modi is on a two-day official go to to Sri Lanka.

The PM arrived right here on Friday night time for bilateral discussions and the signing of a number of key pacts between the 2 nations.

Afterward Saturday, he met the members of the Sri Lankan World Cup-winning facet that defeated the Mark Taylor-led Australian staff by seven wickets within the last at Lahore.

“Cricket join! Delighted to work together with members of the 1996 Sri Lankan cricket staff, which received the World Cup that 12 months. This staff captured the creativeness of numerous sports activities lovers!” wrote the PM on ‘X’.

The members of the triumphant facet, together with Kumar Dharmasena, Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Upul Chandana and Marvan Atapattu offered Modi with a memento on the event.

“In Colombo, PM @narendramodi interacted with the members of the 1996 Sri Lankan cricket staff, which received the World Cup that 12 months. Listed below are just a few glimpses from their interplay,” wrote the PM’s official account whereas posting pictures of the interplay.

Within the last performed on March 17 on the Gaddafi Stadium, the Arjuna Ranatunga-led Sri Lanka chased down Australia’s 241/7 for the lack of simply three wickets with De Silva scoring an unbeaten 107.

Romesh Kaluwitharana, an explosive opening batter of his time, stated after the assembly that India had at all times stood with Sri Lanka, particularly throughout the disaster.

De Silva, the all-time nice Sri Lankan batter, praised Modi, saying the Indian PM is nicely revered all over the world.

Jayasuriya stated the interplay with Modi was a fantastic expertise, and famous that the Indian PM spoke about his work since coming to energy in 2014.

Former pacer Vaas stated Modi had good cricketing data and mentioned with the gamers their 1996 World Cup marketing campaign.