CHENNAI: India's spin legend Ravichandran Ashwin received a loud cheer from his home crowd when the announcer at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium here announced his name as one of the dignitaries invited to attend the big-ticket India vs Pakistan game in the Men's Asian Champions Trophy on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, Ashwin, FIH president Tayyab Ikram, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey and some of the other bigwigs from the state were escorted to the pitch and introduced to the players who had lined up in the middle before the start of the match.
