Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, took to Twitter to express his gratitude to Sanju Samson and the Rajasthan Royals (RR) team after they sent him a personalized jersey to show their appreciation for his support. Tharoor posted two pictures of himself wearing the bright pink and purple jersey, with his name on the back.
In a surprise move, the RR team responded to Tharoor’s tweet using the chatbot ChatGPT. Their response mimicked the Congress MP’s style of sophisticated and eloquent English.
The Rajasthan Royals is a cricket team representing the state of Rajasthan in the Indian Premier League. They are a two-time runner-up, winning the competition in 2008. The team is owned by Manoj Badale through his company Emerging Media and consists of an array of nationally and internationally renowned players. Notable players include Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Sanju Samson who, as mentioned, presented Shashi Tharoor with the personalized jersey.
Shashi Tharoor is an eminent Indian politician and a leading member of the Indian National Congress (INC). Tharoor is renowned for his impeccable command of the English language and is a celebrated writer. He served as a senior bureaucrat in the East India Company and the United Nations as well as a Minister of State in the Indian Government. He has also published 12 books, with his most recent ‘The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi and His India’ released in 2019.