ICC TROLLS DONALD TRUMP WITH VIDEO FOR MISPRONOUNCING SACHIN TENDULKAR'S NAME
Home > News Shots > SportsDuring the 'Namaste Trump' event, US President Donald Trump gave a special mention to Indian cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. While delivering his speech, The President was not able to pronounce Sachin and ended up saying "Soo-chin Tendulkar"
"This is the country where your people cheer on the biggest cricketers from Sachin Tendulkar (Soo-chin) to Virat Kohli, the greatest in the world," said Trump at the event.
Within minutes, cricket fans came out in large number trolling the President, even the International Cricket Council (ICC) took a jibe at Trump's pronunciation of Sachin Tendulkar's name. The official Twitter handle of ICC posted a video in which Sachin's name can be seen written as, "Sach-Such-Satch-Sutch-Sooch-Anyone know?".
Trump is currently in India on a two-day visit, earlier today he addressed the mega 'Namaste Trump' along with PM Narendra Modi. The "Namaste Trump" event was based on the lines of the "Howdy Modi" programme during the Prime Minister's trip to Houston last September.
There were around one lakh people gathered for the event, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, Governor Acharya Devvrat and the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly were also present at the stadium. Watch the video below:
Sach-
Such-
Satch-
Sutch-
Sooch-
Anyone know? pic.twitter.com/nkD1ynQXmF
— ICC (@ICC) February 24, 2020
US President Donald Trump: All over the planet people take great joy in watching Bollywood films, bhangra, and classic films like DDLJ and Sholay. You cheer on great cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/CHvedzlXQh
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2020