Ind vs Eng Pink-ball Test: President Ram Nath Kovind, Home Minister Amit Shah felicitates Ishant Sharma ahead of 100th Test | Watch- President Ram Nath Kovind and Honourable Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday felicitated India’s pace spearhead Ishant Sharma ahead of the Pink-ball Test by giving him special momentos. Ishant is playing is in his 100th Test, only second Indian bowler to achieve the feat after the legendary Kapil Dev.
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“@ImIshantwas felicitated by the Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind & Honourable Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah before the start of play here in Ahmedabad,” BCCI said in a tweet post.
.@ImIshant was felicitated by the Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind & Honourable Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah before the start of play here in Ahmedabad.@rashtrapatibhvn @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/7elMWDa9ye
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2021
Earlier today, President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the stadium, which was renamed to the Narendra Modi Stadium. The stadium is the biggest cricket stadium in the world as it has a total capacity of 1,32,000. The stadium is oval in shape and as a result, whenever a match is played on any of the 11 pitches, the boundary size will remain the same on both sides.
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Overall, Ishant is the 10th player from India to play 100th Test match. The pacer received a guard of honour from all the players from team India ahead of the third Test. Ishant, who has over 300 wickets, is only a few wickets behind Zaheer Khan (311 wickets). The 32-year-old had made his Test debut for India against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2007.
President Kovind also performed ‘Bhuji Pujan’ of the stadium ahead of the start of the historic Day/Night Test. Apart from Amit Shah, BCCI secretary Jay Shah and Sports Minister also accompanied him at the inauguration ceremony of cricket’s largest stadium in the world.