Prince and Kate Middleton plays cricket with Sachin in Mumbai

mangaloretoday.com

Mumbai, April 10: British royal couple play cricket in Mumbai for underprivileged children. Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge played a charity cricket match with underprivileged children in Mumbai on Sunday, the first day of a week-long tour of India that will include a trip to the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

 

With her first two outfits in Mumbai, the former Kate Middleton set the fashion tone for her six-day tour of India and Bhutan.

 

 

The Duchess of Cambridge, to give Ms Middleton her formal title, exchanged the red paisley-print Alexander McQueen outfit she started the day in for a printed tunic dress by Anita Dongre to meet underprivileged children at a cricket match at the Oval Maidan in Mumbai. Prince William, who changed out of his blue suit for something more casual, and Ms Middleton played cricket with Sachin Tendulkar.

 

Kate, in sunglasses and a red, white and blue summer dress, faced a few deliveries from Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. She struck one ball only to be caught out, leading to a lively exchange between William and the fielders.

 

 

 

They also interacted with representatives from the NGO Smile.

The royal couple, travelling without children George and Charlotte, were due to attend a Bollywood-inspired charity gala on Sunday night amid speculation that Kate may appear in a sari from a top Indian fashion designer.

William and Kate’s tour takes in New Delhi, where they will lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a wildlife park in Assam famed for its one-horned rhinos, and Bhutan.

Their tour ends back in India next Saturday at the Taj Mahal, revisiting the scene of a solo - and much photographed - visit in 1992 by William’s mother, the late Princess Diana, to the monument to love.