India, March 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently appeared in a podcast with famous American YouTuber and AI researcher Lex Fridman. The Indian PM was asked a host of questions, and the focus also shifted on every football fan's favourite topic. Modi was asked to choose between the likes of Diego Maradona, Pele, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as to who he thought was the greatest of all time.

To everyone's surprise, Modi was well-prepared for the football question, and his answer showed that he knows the sport well enough to have an opinion.

"Back in the 1980s, one name that always stood out was Maradona. For that generation, he was seen as a true hero, and if you ask today's generation, they'll immediately mention Messi," h...