Indus Valley Times

NEW DELHI,MAR 9 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on Thursday attended the first day of the India-Australia Test in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera.

PM Modi welcomed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Narendra Modi Stadium. Both PMs took a lap of the field on a chariot.

A mammoth 1.32 lakh spectators reached the stadium to watch the match. Modi and Albanese met with the players ahead of the match.

The Australian PM, who is on a four-day state visit to India, thanked PM Modi for inviting him, and added he was excited to watch the fourth cricket Test match between Australia and India in Ahmedabad.

After watching the match, Albanese will then fly to Mumbai where he will become the first foreign leader to be taken on board India’s indigenously produced aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Thursday. The aircraft carrier was commissioned into the Indian Navy in September last year.

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Both the leaders will have a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on Friday. This will be the first meeting of the annual summit announced by the two countries last year.

The business delegation traveling with Albanese will participate in an Australia-India CEO Forum.

The relationship between India and Australia is also critical in the context of the Quad.

-ANI