German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met RCB gamers© Twitter
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday visited the M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium right here and interacted with women and men gamers of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru workforce. Scholz spoke to the officers of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), RCB women and men workforce members for about quarter-hour. The Chancellor understands that cricket is India’s primary ardour in the case of sports activities, a German Embassy official stated. “In Germany, cricket shouldn’t be as fashionable. Although greater than 200,000 Indians in Germany are popularising the game there,” he stated. So, Scholz needed to acclimatise himself in regards to the sport and what cricket means to India, the official added.
We had the acute honour and privilege of internet hosting the Hon’ble Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany at Namma Chinnaswamy Stadium. His Excellency known as on RCB’s WPL camp at this time. #PlayBold #WPL2023 pic.twitter.com/A9ax81K115
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 26, 2023
“Moreover, he needed to grasp what the RCB, each the lads’s and ladies’s workforce, imply to the town, particularly because the RCB girls’s workforce embark on the primary season of the Women’s Premier League,” the official additional stated.
Earlier, the German Chancellor arrived on the Kempegowda International Airport within the afternoon. Karnataka Health Minister Ok Sudhakar, together with the German Consulate officers and Bengaluru Police Commissioner C H Pratap Reddy obtained him.
Later, Sudhakar tweeted: “Welcomed the Chancellor of Germany, His Excellency @OlafScholz to Bangalore at Kempegowda International Airport at this time. This is the primary go to from a Chancellor of Germany to India, since 2011, when the Inter-Governmental Consultation (IGC) was arrange between our two international locations.” Scholz is on a two-day journey to India. On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with the visiting German Chancellor in Delhi. PTI GMS HDA
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