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Virat Kohli sporting black armband© AFP
The Indian cricket crew sported black armbands on the second day of the fourth Take a look at towards Australia to honour former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who died in New Delhi. Singh, a two-time former prime minister from 2004 to 2014, died on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday after shedding consciousness at his residence owing to age-related illnesses. He was 92.
“The Indian team is wearing black arm bands as a mark of respect in the memory of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, who passed away,” the BCCI mentioned in an announcement.
Singh, additionally a famend economist, was the architect and the brainchild of financial reforms in 1991 that pulled India from the brink of chapter and ushered in an period of financial liberalisation that’s broadly believed to have modified the course of India’s financial trajectory Australia resumed day two at 311 for six on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
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