Watch: Fans pay tribute to MS Dhoni with a 50-feet cut-out in Thiruvananthapuram
The All Kerala Dhoni Fans Association put up a massive 50-feet cut-out outside the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram to pay tribute to the former India captain.
. @MSDhoni standing tall in Kerala 💛🦁#WhlePodu | @DhoniFansKerala pic.twitter.com/vJeHfH8H3g
— CSK Fans Army™ (@CSKFansArmy) January 14, 2023
The CSK fan army put out the image with the caption “MS Dhoni standing tall in Kerala” with an emoji of a yellow heart and a lion face.
Highest ever cut out for a cricketer 🔥#WhlePodu | #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/uhAOCzxoZQ
— Dhoni Army TN™ (@DhoniArmyTN) January 15, 2023
During the FIFA World Cup, a cut-out of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Criano Ronaldo was put on the banks of the Kurungattu Kadavu river near Pullavoor village in Kerala’s Kozhikode drict.
#FIFAWorldCup fever has hit Kerala 🇮🇳
Giant cutouts of Neymar, Criano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi popped up on a local river ahead of the tournament.
12 days to go until #Qatar2022 🏆 pic.twitter.com/29yEKQvln5
— FIFA (@FIFAcom) November 8, 2022
FIFA, the international body governing football, had shared a photograph of the cutouts in the Pullavoor river and tweeted, “#FIFAWorldCup fever has hit Kerala.”
Earlier, India skipper Rohit Sharma have won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the third ODI.
India made two changes as Hardik Pandya and Umran Malik made way for Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar in the playing XI.
Sri Lanka also made a couple of changes, bringing in Ashen Bandara and Jeffrey Vandersay for Dhananjaya de Silva and Dunith Wellalage. India are leading the three-match series 2-0.
