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PM Modi weighed in on the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry.© X (Twitter)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has weighed in on his ideas surrounding India-Pakistan’s rivalry on the cricket area citing the Males in Blue’s superior document over their neighbouring nation as proof. Virat Kohli’s century powered India to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan within the group stage of the 2025 Champions Trophy earlier than in the end ending up as event winners. The arch-rivals have solely registered two wins over India in ICC event historical past – within the 2017 Champions Trophy finals and the group stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup of their age-old fierce rivalry.
“I think sports have the power to energise the entire world. The spirit of sports brings people across nations together. That’s why I would never want sports to get discredited. I truly believe sports play a major role in human evolution. They’re not just games; they connect people on a deeper level.
“Now coming to the query of who’s higher or not. In terms of the strategies of the sport, I am not an knowledgeable. Solely those that concentrate on it may be the choose of it. They’ll solely determine which crew is the most effective and which gamers are the most effective. However generally, the outcomes converse for themselves. Only a few days in the past, India and Pakistan performed a match and the consequence revealed who was the higher crew. That is how we all know,” mentioned Modi on the Lex Fridman podcast.
Underneath PM Modi’s tenure, sports activities has been given a significant increase with the nation striving to be a sporting nation which additionally consists of India doubtlessly internet hosting the 2036 Olympics. He was additionally requested about who he thinks is the best soccer participant of all time and PM Modi replied with the names of two Argentinians – Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi – who’re mentioned to be the most effective within the historical past of the sport.
“It is absolutely true that many regions in India have a strong football culture. Our women’s football team is performing really well, and our men’s team is progressing really well. If we talk about the past, in the 1980’s, one name that always stood out was Diego Maradona. For that generation, he was seen as a true hero and if you ask today’s generation they’ll immediately say Lionel Messi,” he added.
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