Rohit Sharma. Photo: X/BCCI Rohit Sharma. Photo: X/BCCI The Indian cricket team sported black armbands on the second day of the fourth Test against Australia to honour former prime minister Manmohan Singhepoch game, who died in New Delhi. (Day 2 Blog | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
Singh, a two time former prime minister from 2004 to 2014, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday after losing consciousness at his home owing to age-related ailments. He was 92.
"The Indian team is wearing black arm bands as a mark of respect in the memory of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, who passed away," the BCCI said in a statement.
The Harmanpreet Singh-led side scored its first goal just in the second minute of the match via Sukhjeet Singh. This was in fact the first significant chance created in the match by any side.
Both teams started off strong, looking to break each others' back line in the first quarter but no team were able to breach the barrier.
Singh, also a renowned economist, was the architect and the brainchild of economic reforms in 1991 that pulled India from the brink of bankruptcy and ushered in an era of economic liberalisation that is widely believed to have changed the course of India's economic trajectory
Australia resumed day two at 311 for 6 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
spincity casinoThe women's side, on the other hand, is facing West Indies in the third and final ODI in Vadodara.
"The Indian team is wearing black arm bands as a mark of respect in the memory of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, who passed away," the BCCI said in a statement.
Singh, also a renowned economist, was the architect and the brainchild of economic reforms in 1991 that pulled India from the brink of bankruptcy and ushered in an era of economic liberalisation that is widely believed to have changed the course of India's economic trajectory
