There is a tradition in American baseball where on the opening day of their modestly-named domestic tournament, the World Series, the U.S. President throws the ceremonial first pitch. Not all of them have been from the ground, and not all Presidents have done this, but the cricket World Cup in India could borrow from that tradition.
What could be more exciting than watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowl the first ball of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium, surrounded by Narendra Modi fans and watched by millions of Narendra Modi supporters on television? It will be like riding a chariot around the country, and not just around a cricket stadium while sharing the limelight with another head of state.
