Australia’s PM and cricketers had walk-on parts on Indian leader’s big day, although attendance fell short of MCG’s record
est cricket doesn’t normally require setting an alarm for 5.45am. One of the game’s charms is a leisurely late-morning start. Not in Ahmedabad on Thursday to start the fourth and final match betweenand Australia. With the prime ministers of the respective countries due to make a ceremonial appearance, and security ramped up accordingly, working media were told to arrive hours early or risk being cordoned off outside.
in India, they watched a dance performance while competing to see who could remain the most impassive, sitting with hands folded in laps and stern expressions. While the boisterous commentator, Ravi Shastri, provided a voiceover extolling 75 years of Indo-Australian friendship, the leaders embarked on a slow lap of honour from a specially crafted open vehicle.
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