S. Jaishankar gifted a cricket bat signed by Kohli Virat kholi to Australian Deputy PM, See Pics

The Indian cricket team is currently in Australia to participate in the T20 World Cup 2022. Apart from Team India, India's External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar is also currently on a tour of Australia. Jaishankar met Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles on Monday. The meeting between the two diplomats took place in Canberra. During this, the Foreign Minister of India presented a special gift to the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. This gift is nothing but the bat of Indian batsman Virat Kohli. 

Jaishankar gifted Virat's signed bat to Richard. This photo of both the leaders is quite viral on social media. Australian Deputy PM Marles himself has posted a photo of his meeting with Jaishankar from his social media handle. He wrote in the caption with this that there are many things that bind us, including our love for cricket. Marles further said that today he (Jaishankar) surprised cricket legend Kohli with the signed bat. 

A pleasure to host @DrSJaishankar here in Canberra.

There are many things which bind us, including our love of cricket.

Today, he surprised me with a signed bat from cricket legend @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/2FE0qIJnPc — Richard Marles (@RichardMarlesMP) October 10, 2022

Earlier Jaishankar gifted a cricket bat signed by Kohli to his Australian counterpart Maris Payne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) this year. Jaishankar had visited Australia in February to attend the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting. Jaishankar presented the bat to Payne in the presence of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.