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Vande Mataram Played Before Anthem in India–Afghanistan T20I
Before an India–Afghanistan cricket match, a special song was played first.
The song was Vande Mataram.
Indian players sang along with it.
After that, India’s national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, was played.
Afghanistan’s anthem followed.
This was described as the first time this order had happened at an Indian men’s cricket match.
Many fans noticed the unusual ceremony.
Some fans enjoyed it, while others asked why the order had changed.
Vande Mataram was played before Jana Gana Mana at the first India–Afghanistan T20I.
Indian players sang Vande Mataram at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.
The ceremony marked the first reported instance of the national song preceding the anthem at an Indian men’s cricket match.
Jana Gana Mana followed Vande Mataram, before Afghanistan’s Da watan Afghanistan day.
The ceremony change drew attention and mixed reactions from fans at the stadium and online.
- Who
- Indian players and the teams representing India and Afghanistan.
- What
- Vande Mataram was played and sung before India’s national anthem at a T20I.
- Where
- Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, India.
- When
- Before the first India–Afghanistan T20I; the articles do not provide a date.
- Why
- The articles describe the change as a historic first but do not explain why the ceremony’s order was changed.
Key facts
- Match
- First T20I between India and Afghanistan
- Venue
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Ceremony order
- Vande Mataram, Jana Gana Mana, then Da watan Afghanistan day
- Reported first
- First instance of Vande Mataram preceding the national anthem at an Indian men’s cricket match
- Player participation
- Indian players sang Vande Mataram
- Public reaction
- Fans reacted at the stadium, while watching on television, and on social media
- Vande Mataram origin
- Written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in Bengali in the 1870s and published in the 1882 novel Anandamath
Quotes
An unidentified fan
A fan who reacted on social media to the changed pre-match ceremony
“Hearing Vande Mataram in a cricket stadium for the first time -- pure goosebumps!”
rediff.com
Sources
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