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For those who love Old Cricket and New India. Perhaps even for those who understand neither cricket nor India,” tweeted External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar over the weekend, posting a video of former West Indies cricket captain Vivian Richards thanking India for the Covid 19 vaccine it has exported to his country, Antigua.
The unkind will probably say that Richards is the Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) answer to Rihanna, the West Indian-American singer from Barbados, whose 2 February tweet (“why aren’t we talking about this?”) in support of India’s farmers blew a fuse inside the Narendra Modi government, which launched a whodunit investigation that
West Indies cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards and former greats Richie Richardson and Jimmy Adams on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing coronavirus vaccines to the Caribbean region. In a video message, Richards described India s assistance as a kind gesture and said the region is looking forward to continued relationship with India. The video message has been posted on Twitter by Indian High Commission in Georgetown, Guyana. Thanks India for the wonderful contribution made to our country which is the vaccine. Thank you so much on behalf of Antiguan and Barbudan people, said Richards. Thank you very much Prime Minister Modi and thanks tothe High Commissioner to our region. We also thank all the people of India for such a kind gesture, he added.
Sir Vivian Richards thanks PM Modi for providing COVID-19 vaccines to Caribbean nations
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The Caribbean nations have received coronavirus vaccines from India under its mega initiative to help countries across the world to deal with the pandemic.
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West Indies cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards and former greats Richie Richardson and Jimmy Adams on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing coronavirus vaccines to the Caribbean region.
In a video message, Richards described India s assistance as a kind gesture and said the region is looking forward to a continued relationship with India.
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar took to Twitter to share Richard s Thank You message, and said, For those who love Old Cricket and New India.
After West Indies cricketing legend Sir Vivian Richards on Sunday expressed his gratitude to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering vaccine support to Caribbean nations as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar took to Twitter to share Richards Thank You message, and said, For those who love Old Cricket and New India.