Sheikh Hamdan, who is on a two-day official visit to India starting April 8, met Indian cricketers in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Indian cricket team skipper and Mumbai Indian member Rohit Sharma along with other MI stars Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya met the Dubai Crown Prince who arrived in a black suit.
The Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Jay Shah, was also present at the interaction held on the sidelines of the Dubai-India Business Forum in India’s financial capital.
Sheikh Hamdan was presented a Team India jersey — which was branded Dubai 11 — by Rohit Sharma. He also posed with the cricketers with the jersey in hand.
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Later, in an Instagram post, Sheikh Hamdan wrote in Hindi that meeting with the Indian cricketers was ‘memorable’
The Dubai Crown Prince arrived in New Delhi on his first official visit on Tuesday at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sheikh Hamdan met with the Indian Prime Minister on the first day of his arrival.
During the trip, the Dubai Crown Prince held talks with senior officials on ways to strengthen partnership and cooperation between the the UAE and India.
The visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between the UAE and India and explore opportunities for enhanced cooperation between the two countries.