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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay

Modi operandi: India’s ruling party will be biggest hitter at Cricket World Cup

Illustration of Narendra Modi, cricket bat, ball and stumps
We all live in a Narendra Modi world now. Illustration: Robin Hursthouse/The Guardian

The ICC World Cup opening ceremony takes place just under a month from now at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the day before the opening game at the Narendra Modi Stadium, prelude to a tournament where it turns out almost all the most urgent events, India v Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium, England v Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the Narendra Modi Stadium World Cup final, will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

It is a spectacular Narendra Modi Stadium too, the second largest sports arena in the world after the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, North Korea, and “inaugurated” in March this year before the India v Australia Test, with a special Important Leader Excitement Event, which featured an open-top Narendra Modi parade and ended with Narendra Modi himself being presented with an exclusive signed portrait (of Narendra Modi). And this is all fine and logical and, in the end, pretty much to the point.

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