India vs New Zealand:Modi greets players,watches the match

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is also a President of Gujarat Cricket Asociation, today visited Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel international cricket stadium at Motera to watch India New Zealand test match.

The Chief Minister was accompanied by Vice President of Gujarat Cricket Asociation and Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand Shri Parimal Nathwani.

Shri Modi greeted the players including cricket captain Dhoni and legendery Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar before the match in the stadium.

Meanwhile, the people of Ahmedabad are in Diwali mood, and therefore the stadium was little occupied. Most of the seats remaind vacant.

To attract some crowd, the Gujarat Cricket Asociation had declared free entry for school students below 15 with identity card.

Some school buses could be seen entering the parking of the stadium to get benifit of this announcement.

Those cricket lovers present in the stadium said they were there to witness Sachin Tendulkar’s 50th text century. Some other cricket fans were in the stadium to watch Gujarati chap Pujara’s performance on home ground.