AHMEDABAD: The fourth test between India and Australia has started at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Australia who won the toss elected to bat. Mohammad Shami has replaced Mohammad Siraj in the Indian team. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have reached the stadium in Motera to watch the cricket test.
The two Prime Ministers were greeted with loud cheering and applause as they took a lap of honour at a stadium in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today before watching a cricket match together. They waved at the crowds as they took a round of the Narendra Modi stadium in a chariot fashioned out of a golf cart, before the fourth Test match between India and Australia.
Gujarat | Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Modi welcomes him to the venue.
— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2023
The two Prime Ministers will watch the final match of the #BorderGavaskarTrophy2023 that will begin shortly here. pic.twitter.com/0qfvfCa4ko
The Australian Prime Minister arrived in India on a four-day visit. He thanked Modi for inviting him to the country. Anthony Albanese added that he is excited to watch the cricket Test match.
After watching the match, Albanese will return to Mumbai. He will board INS Vikrant, India's indigenously built aircraft carrier. With this, Anthony Albanese will become the first foreign leader to board INS Vikrant. The aircraft carrier was commissioned into the Indian Navy in September last year.