New Zealand Prime Minister: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is on a visit to India these days. On Thursday, March 19, he played street cricket with children in Delhi. He enjoyed the game like ordinary people by making wickets with bricks and drawing boundary lines on the road. His opponents included New Zealand veteran Ross Taylor and spinner Ajaz Patel while he was supported by Indian World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, who was playing in his team.
playing street cricket on the streets of Delhi
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had earlier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Draupadi Murmu in Delhi. He had gone to Rakabganj Sahib with PM Modi, where he was honoured. Ross Taylor also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose photo he shared on his social media account. On Thursday, everyone was seen playing street cricket on the streets of Delhi, the photo of which was shared by the New Zealand Prime Minister on his social media. During this, when the New Zealand Prime Minister caught the catch of Ejaz Patel, Kapil Dev standing behind the wicket was very happy and surprised. Ejaz and Ross Taylor also praised his catch.
New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon Plays Gully Cricket’ with Kids and Kapil Dev. #WATCH #kapildev #NewZealand #ChristopherLuxon #tatasteel pic.twitter.com/HkhhnUQ7fA
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PM Christopher Luxon shared the photo on his social media and wrote, “Nothing unites New Zealand and India more than our shared love for cricket.”
Kapil Dev and New Zealand Prime Minister
Kapil Dev, who led India to victory in the 1983 World Cup, was also present here. He was playing with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in his team. While in front of him were Ross Taylor and Ejaz Patel. During this time many small children were also included in the team with him.