India, March 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently appeared on a YouTube podcast show, where he surprised fans with his love and knowledge for football. Speaking to American AI researcher Lex Fridman, Modi spoke on a host of topics, and also shared his opinion on the likes of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.

Modi could possibly be a fan of the Argentine national team during World Cups, as he picked Maradona as the best in the previous generation, and Messi for the current era.

He also shared an interesting story about a village in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, known as 'Mini-Brazil' due to its deeply-rooted and intense football culture.

"There's a district called Shahdol, a completely tribal region where a large tribal commu...