BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla presents King Charles III with book on partition; reveals conversation with the monarch | Cricket News

BCCI Vice President (C) Rajeev Shukla presents his book on partition to King Charles III in London. (Image: X)

Indian males’s and girls’s cricket groups met King Charles III at St. James’s Palace in London on Tuesday, the place the monarch displayed exceptional data about the gamers’ private lives and up to date matches. The assembly was attended by workforce captains Shubman Gill and Harmanpreet Kaur, alongside with workforce members, teaching employees, and BCCI officers.BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla expressed his delight at the historic assembly, noting King Charles’s detailed data about the gamers and their private lives.“It was a very historic occasion that both our men’s and women’s teams were invited today by King Charles and met them very well in the Palace. Players are very happy because he asked all personal details of each player. He asked Saikia ji and me about whether Arun Jaitley is my friend, what happened to him, and when I told him that he had died, he asked me to pay condolences to his family. He also asked about Akash Deep’s sister’s illness,” Shukla stated.Shukla additional emphasised the King’s humility and data of cricket, significantly relating to the third Test at Lord’s.“He had found out so many details. He sounded like a gentleman, and it did not seem we were talking to the King of England. There is a lot of humility in him and team is very happy to meet him,” Shukla added.The BCCI Vice President additionally addressed the efficiency of younger captain Shubman Gill and the absence of veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.“Even he noticed this fact. If we had another regular batter on the field, then we could have won easily. Our team has proven that our experiment is well done, as part of which we have sent a new team because we are looking forward to the future. The team has proven itself to be a fighter unit. We almost won here. We did well at Leeds. Our team is competing with England equally and will win the series as two matches are since left,” he defined.During the assembly, Shukla gifted certainly one of his books, titled ‘Scars of 1947: Real Partition Stories’ to the King. The book is a group of firsthand accounts from the survivors of the partition in 1947.During the assembly, King Charles mentioned the ultimate moments of the third Test with Gill, particularly mentioning Mohammed Siraj’s unlucky dismissal.Gill shared his expertise of the assembly with reporters: “It was amazing. I think he was very kind and generous to be able to call us here, and it was a pleasure meeting the king, and we had some really good conversations.”The Indian captain elaborated on his conversation with the King: “Yes, he did tell us that the way our last batsman got out was quite unfortunate. The ball was rolling on the stumps, and he was just asking us how we felt after that, and we told him it was an unfortunate match for us. It could have gone either way, but hopefully we will have better luck in the next games.”

Indian cricket workforce interacts with Hollywood actor Idris Elba. (Reuters)

The Indian groups additionally met British actor Idris Elba earlier than their royal encounter. Elba expressed his modest connection to cricket: “I’d say I’m a fan, but I don’t follow cricket as well as I should. I was just a little bowler, that’s all.”Women’s workforce captain Harmanpreet Kaur shared her expertise of assembly the King: “Uh, it was a very nice experience. Uh, we came to England so many times, but this was our first time when we met him, and he was very friendly. He asked us, like, how the travel was and all, and, um, it was really nice to meet him.”She added: “Definitely, we have been playing good cricket, and I think with that we are getting a lot of opportunity to express ourselves, so really happy the way things are moving on.”Women’s workforce head coach Amol Muzumdar expressed his gratitude for the alternative: “It has been a very humbling experience coming here to the royal house and meeting the king. It’s been the first time, so we came all the way from Southampton, but it was really worth it, and the girls were really excited about this visit, and we are pleased that we are here.”The males’s workforce is at the moment in England for a five-match Test collection, whereas the ladies’s workforce just lately secured a historic 3-2 T20I collection victory over England and is making ready for an upcoming three-match ODI collection beginning in Southampton.King Charles additionally interacted with different workforce members together with vice-captain Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, and head coach Gautam Gambhir. He additionally met with uncapped gamers Prasidh Krishna, Karun Nair, and Arshdeep Singh.