Prime Minister Imran Khan has been gifted a cricket bat by the President of the United States Donal Trump during his visit to the White House on Monday.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Twitter account posted the picture along with the caption which read:
President Donald J. Trump presenting a Cricket Bat to Prime Minister Imran Khan along with a picture of President Eisenhower who is the only US President who witnessed Test Match in Pakistan. #KhanMeetsTrump
Eisenhower, who was in White House from 1953 to 1961, is the first and only American president to have witnessed a cricket match in Pakistan. In 1956, he was present at National Stadium in Karachi where Pakistan were taking on Australia.
President Donald J. Trump presenting a Cricket Bat to Prime Minister Imran Khan along with a picture of President Eisenhower who is the only US President who witnessed Test Match in Pakistan. #KhanMeetsTrump pic.twitter.com/kFcECSGmGg
— PTI (@PTIofficial) July 22, 2019
Khan was present in the United States to address the Pakistani community in Washington, where he also claimed that he will do everything in his power to return Pakistan cricket to the top-level.
He assured everyone that the next time Pakistan will go to play the World Cup, it will be the best team the country has seen.
Trump message to Imran: Play Cricket don’t mess with US.