Lionel Messi will travel to Mumbai, Kolkata, and Thiruvananthapuram to conduct football seminars. The event would take place at Eden Gardens, Greenfield International Stadium, and Wankhede Stadium during his December visit to the nation. There are plans to allow Messi to play cricket with the greats Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni after the football seminars are finished.
This encounter is expected to be a seven-a-side match, and if everything goes according to plan, even Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar will play. In addition, Lionel Messi arrival event organisers have requested that the Mumbai Cricket Association move forward with setting up the match at the storied Wankhede Stadium, the site of India’s 2011 World Cup victory. The ‘GOAT Cup’ will be the name of this competition.
On December 14, Lionel Messi will be visiting Wankhede Stadium. He will probably play cricket with both current and previous players.
According to a report by Indian Express, an MCA insider stated, “Once everything is finalised, the organisers will come up with a complete schedule.”
Even though Lionel Messi has visited India before, this will be his first trip there in fourteen years. At Kolkata’s renowned Salt Lake Stadium, Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team played a friendly football match against Venezuela in 2011. Given that football and cricket will be working together, his return to the nation is sure to be a sell-out event.
Notably, football is a huge love for the Indian cricket team. Football drills are used to begin their warm-up and training sessions before to games. A number of Bollywood celebrities have previously played friendly football matches with players like Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and MS Dhoni. The cricket community will therefore be thrilled to meet and welcome Messi, who is perhaps the best football player of all time.
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