Key Points
Mamata also alleged that attempts were being made to "saffronise" the country's cricket team...
Without taking a name, Mamata Banerjee said, "Wherever Paapi (sinister) goes, his sins follow him everywhere..."..
"The Indian team played so well that they won all the matches in the World Cup, except the one attended by the paapis (sinners)," she said, without naming anyone...
She went on to say that India would have won the cricket World Cup if the final match was played in Kolkata or Mumbai...
We are proud of our Indian players, and I believe that we would have won the World Cup if the finals had taken place in Kolkata or Wankhede (in Mumbai)," she said.. "They even tried to saffronise the team by introducing saffron practice jerseys..
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