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Patil,
Rajapaksa to watch World Cup final in Mumbai
Thursday March 31, 2011 06:26:42 PM,
IANS
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Delhi/Colombo: India's President Pratibha Patil and her
Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa will together watch
Saturday's cricket World Cup final between the two countries here.
Patil will fly to Mumbai, where Rajapaksa will reach from Colombo, a
Rashtrapati Bhavan official said.
Rajapaksa will arrive in Mumbai Saturday morning, a Sri Lankan
diplomat said in Delhi.
"The president's main engagement is the cricket match funtion. He
will be returning to Colombo Sunday morning," the high commission
official told IANS.
Rajapaksa will be accompanied by Sports Minister Mahindananda
Aluthgamage and some senior officials.
"The composition of his team will be
known by Friday," he added.
Rajapaksa's spokesman Bandula Jayasekera said in Colombo that the
president wants Sri Lanka to win the World Cup as a tribute to
Muttiah Muralitharan, who retires from international cricket after
the event.
The Sri Lankan president and his three sons had watched Sri Lanka
defeat New Zealand to earn a place in the Cup final.
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