Updated On: 15 December, 2025 09:42 PM IST | Jamnagar | mid-day online correspondent
Meanwhile, ICC Chairman Jay Shah presented Indian cricket team jerseys to Messi, Suarez and De Paul at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, marking a symbolic meeting of two of the country’s most popular sports. Messi also received a special autographed cricket bat from Shah

(From left) Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, footballers Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, ICC Chairman Jay Shah, and footballer Rodrigo De Paul at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
Industrialist Anant Ambani is set to host Argentine football legend Lionel Messi, along with Luis Suarez and other members of the GOAT India Tour, at Vantara—the wildlife rescue and conservation centre in Jamnagar—during a one-night stop on Monday, news agency ANI reported.
Messi, Suarez, Rodrigo De Paul and other members of the tour will travel to Vantara after attending an event at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium earlier in the day. During the Delhi programme, Messi, Suarez and De Paul met Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and ICC Chairman Jay Shah.