For those unversed, Air India Flight AI 171, travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed moments after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Two hundred forty-one out of 242 individuals on board lost their lives. The crash also impacted BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad.
The BCCI and ECB confirmed that players from India and England would wear black armbands during the first Test. A moment of silence was observed before the national anthems.
During the third day of the WTC 2025 Final at Lord’s, South Africa and Australia players observed a minute’s silence and wore black armbands. The Indian team also paid tribute during their intra-squad match in Beckenham with a similar gesture.
Fans Slam BCCI As British Lady Sings Indian National Anthem
National anthem by an English lady. Might demand Teen goona Lagaan after the anthem.
— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) June 20, 2025— Venkata Krishna B (@venkatatweets) June 20, 2025
Who is that female singer, who's paid to sing the Indian national anthem? It was one of the worst-ever renditions at a sporting arena, rivalling that of Amitabh Bachchan's at the Eden Gardens in 2016 (India v Pakistan).#ENGvIND
— Vijay A (@VAAChandran) June 20, 2025— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) June 20, 2025
An observation in today's National Anthem of India song by the lady (don't know the name). At the end she sang "Jan Gan Mangal Dhayak Jaya He" and not "Jan Gan Man Adhinayak Jaya He".Probably should have been sung by an Indian who knows the proper wordings.#englandvsindia
— Akshay Bhatnagar (@akkipopper) June 20, 2025— Ritesh Banglani (@banglani) June 20, 2025
The Indian national anthem was very butchered Shots fired.
— Sank (@CricketIsSimple) June 20, 2025— ankit agarwal (@89agarwal) June 20, 2025
India Asked to Bat First After Losing the Toss
Talking about the match, Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl first. Notably, teams batting second have won the last six Tests at the venue.
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Shardul Thakur formed the quartet of fast bowlers, while Ravindra Jadeja was the lone spinner in the XI. Kuldeep Yadav, Dhruv Jurel, and Nitesh Kumar Reddy did not make the playing XI.
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