India's legendary cricketer Clive Llyod today expressed his delight at meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Georgetown on Thursday. The two-time World Cup-winning captain applauded the efforts of PM Modi in boosting cricket and demanded to have more leaders like him.
The country's Prime Minister met some of Guyana's leading cricketers and had a 'delightful interaction' with them on Thursday. "Connecting over cricket! A delightful interaction with leading cricket players of Guyana. The sport has brought our nations closer and deepened our cultural linkages," PM Modi wrote on X.
Llyod, who played 110 Tests for West Indies from 1966-85 said his team benefited from details of the interaction as India trained 11 players from his country in India, and he thanked PM Modi for having increased support for the sport.
"We had a good discussion. I think 11 of our players will now be training in India. So, it has been a very good decision by them. We are thankful to them for that… He is interested in cricket and that is very good. He is doing things to help to boost cricket. So, we would like more Prime Ministers like him," said Lloyd of his meeting with PM Modi.
Former West Indies allrounder Alvin Kallicharran, who was also part of the meeting, was left surprised by PM Modi’s deep knowledge of cricket.
"Everybody in India knows cricket. But his knowledge is special because he knows when we went to India. He knows us by our first name. To meet the Prime Minister today personally is magic. The connection is tremendous. The kind of help to work with our young cricketers is very kind of the Prime Minister and India," said Kallicharran.
Prime Minister Modi has reached Guyana on the third leg of his three-nation visit. It is the first visit to Guyana by an Indian Prime Minister in over 50 years.
In this visit, PM Modi also attended the second India-CARICOM Summit as part of the Caribbean partner countries' leaders.
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