There is no denying the fact that Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are two of the biggest cricketing names in the history of Indian cricket. While Tendulkar had made a plethora of batting records and was in the league of his own, Kohli is on his way to break most of them. They are role-models and are legends in their own right.
Tendulkar retired from the game of cricket as the leading run-scorer in Tests (15921 runs) and ODIs (18426 runs). He was leading most of the batting charts in Tests and ODIs as he smashed 100 centuries in his international career. Kohli has left no stone unturned in carrying forward the legacy forward as he has often been termed as the best batman of the modern-day cricket across the format. He’s already smoked 70 international tons. He has 7223 Test runs, 11867 ODI runs, and 2794 runs in T20Is which is the most in the shortest format by any player.
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Hence, these two are stalwarts in Indian cricket and their names were buzzing when US President Donald visited India on Monday. He was addressing a massive crowd at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad during the Namaste Trump event. In his speech, Trump took the names of Tendulkar and Kohli which were greeted by a huge roar.
Donald Trump Caught the attention of all cricket fanatics was Trump taking the names of the Indian stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli in his coveted speech. More than the fact that he mentioned the Indian stalwarts, what amused the fans was the manner in which he mispronounced their names. Trump struggled to pronounce Sachin’s name as he pronounced it as ‘Soochin Tendolkar’ and Kohli as ‘Virot Kolee’.
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Kevin Pietersen did not like the way Trump took the names of the Indian greats. He took to Twitter to let it out. He termed the two Indians are ‘legends’ of the game and asked Trump to do some research. In fact, the tweet was directed towards Piers Morgan who Pietersen shares a good bond with and also quoted Trump as Morgan’s friend. The former England skipper tweeted, “FFS, @piersmorgan, pls ask your mate to do some research in pronouncing legends names?!”
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