India’s cricket diplomacy in the Maldives
Published on: Sunday 16 June 2019
One of the most abiding images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first bilateral visit to the Maldives on June 8 was him gifting President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih a cricket bat, containing the autographs of all the members of the Indian national team playing in the ongoing World Cup in England.
News source: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/perspective/news/indias-cricket-diplomacy-the-maldives-1757863