PM Narendra Modi Meeting With WC Winners: These days the excitement of the 18th season of IPL is at its peak in India. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has met the players in Sri Lanka who won the World Cup in 1996. Modi has shared the pictures of this meeting on his official X account.
Actually, Modi is on a tour of Sri Lanka these days. During this, he met some players of the team that won the World Cup in 1996 in Colombo. During this meeting, the captain of the winning team Arjuna Ranatunga was not present there, as he is currently on a foreign tour. Sharing the pictures of this meeting, PM Modi wrote in the caption,
“Cricket Connect. It was a pleasure to interact with the members of the 1996 Sri Lankan cricket team, which won the World Cup that year. This team attracted the attention of countless sports lovers.”
Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the final
கிரிக்கெட் மூலமான பிணைப்பு!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2025
1996 உலகக் கிண்ணத்தை வெற்றிகொண்ட அன்றைய இலங்கை கிரிக்கட் அணியின் வீரர்களுடன் கலந்துரையாடியமையையிட்டு பெருமகிழ்வடைகின்றேன். இந்த அணியினர் எண்ணற்ற விளையாட்டு இரசிகர்களது மனதைக் கவர்ந்திருந்தனர்! pic.twitter.com/QVm6evt9AB
Let us tell you that the 1996 World Cup was co-hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Australia and Sri Lanka clashed in the final match of the tournament. In this match, Australia batted first and scored 241 runs in the stipulated 50 overs by losing 7 wickets. The highest score in this total came from Mark Taylor’s bat. He scored 74 runs in 83 balls.
While chasing this target, the Sri Lankan team had a very bad start. Both the openers of the team returned to the pavilion at a total of 23. But after this Asanka Gurusinha and Aravinda de Silva batted brilliantly and added more than 100 runs for the third wicket. 65 runs came from Gurusinha’s bat.
At the same time, de Silva scored an unbeaten 107 runs in 124 balls. In this innings, this former cricketer hit 13 fours. Ranatunga (47*) also played a captaincy innings and played an important role in making the team the winner. With the help of these innings, Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets in the 47th over itself.