Video: Donald Trump mispronounces Sachin Tendulkar's name during India visit

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Video, Donald Trump, mispronounces, Sachin Tendulkar, name, during, India visit
US President Donald Trump speaks at a "Namaste Trump" event, during his visit to India, at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, in Ahmedabad, India.- Reuters

He struggled to pronounce the cricketers' names while addressing a stadium of 110,000 people.

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Published: Mon 24 Feb 2020, 4:00 PM

Last updated: Mon 24 Feb 2020, 6:49 PM

Donald Trump mispronounced the names of cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli during his first official address during his trip to India.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, in his address to 110,000 people at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, he pronounced the cricket stars' names as 'Soo-chin Tendol-kerr' and 'Vi-rote Ko-lee'.
While Tendulkar is considered one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket, Kohli is the current captain of the Indian national cricket team.
Trump on February 24, kicked off a 36-hour visit to India, inaugurating the Sardar Patel Stadium, the world's biggest cricket stadium, and then flying to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal.


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