{"id":7534,"date":"2023-10-24T15:49:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=365813"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:19:43","slug":"young-cricket-fans-dream-inspires-union-minister-anurag-thakur-at-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/young-cricket-fans-dream-inspires-union-minister-anurag-thakur-at-world-cup-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Young cricket fan\u2019s dream inspires Union Minister Anurag Thakur at World Cup match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur, witnessed India\u2019s thrilling victory against New Zealand in the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023 at Dharamsala. While the 49-year-old Member of Parliament from Himachal Pradesh\u2019s Hamirpur was in attendance, it was a young fan who captured his attention.<\/p>\n<p>The passionate cricket enthusiast held up a placard with a heartwarming message that read, \u201cOne day I\u2019ll play for India, remember me.\u201d His unwavering dream resonated with Minister Thakur, who later shared a touching moment on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolutely heartwarming to see young Iryaksh Aggarwal\u2019s determination and dreams. <\/p>\n<p>Awaiting your journey eagerly from placard to the pitch! <\/p>\n<p>Nurture your dreams, and together, we\u2019ll watch them grow into reality! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39pctxvwV1\">pic.twitter.com\/39pctxvwV1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianuragthakur\/status\/1716360999631024159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the match, New Zealand set a target of 273 runs, led by Daryl Mitchell\u2019s impressive 130 and Rachin Ravindra\u2019s solid 75. India accepted the challenge and successfully chased down the target in 48 overs, with Virat Kohli playing a brilliant innings, scoring 95.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, India maintained their unbeaten streak in the tournament, securing five wins out of five matches. They currently top the table with 10 points. New Zealand stands in the second position with eight points. India\u2019s next encounter will be against defending champions England in Lucknow on October 29.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Thakur took to X to express his admiration for the young fan, Iryaksh Aggarwal, writing, \u201cAbsolutely heartwarming to see young Iryaksh Aggarwal\u2019s determination and dreams. Awaiting your journey eagerly from placard to the pitch! Nurture your dreams, and together, we\u2019ll watch them grow into reality!\u201d This moment epitomized the essence of cricket, where dreams are born and nurtured on the path to becoming a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur, witnessed India\u2019s thrilling victory against New Zealand in the ICC Men\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":30435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1364,3546,3637],"class_list":["post-7534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-anurag-thakur","tag-bcci","tag-world-cup-2023"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}