Why are Indian players wearing black armbands on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test against Australia? – India TV
India TV NewsIndia began the second day of the fourth Test against Australia with the hope of wrapping them up under 400. That didn't happen but the whole of India, which will wake up a bit later, slept with the terrible news of the death of the country's former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Singh, who has been battling health issues for a while, was one of the finest prime ministers the country has seen and as the finance minister in the 90s, led the economic reforms revolution. The Indian players walked out while sporting black armbands as a mark of respect for Dr Manmohan Singh. "The Indian Cricket Team is wearing black armbands as a mark of respect to former Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh who passed away on Thursday," the BCCI handle wrote on X Dr Singh breathed his last at the age of 92 at the AIIMS Hospital in New Delhi.