Lionel Messi wrapped up his whirlwind India tour on Monday with a celebratory lap of honor in New Delhi, closing a four-city visit that briefly turned the worldβs most cricket-obsessed nation into a sea of blue-and-white football jerseys.
The 38-year-old Argentine icon was greeted by a near-capacity crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, a ground synonymous with international cricket, as chants of βMessi, Messiβ rolled through the stands.
Supporters draped in Argentina shirts waved flags, held aloft posters bearing his name and ignored hazardous air pollution levels to wi
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