Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, had to stay up all night ahead of the company's Ignite 2023 event.
He revealed that he had stayed up all night to watch the Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and New Zealand, which had ended just five minutes before the start of Ignite 2023.
Nadella mentioned that they were not aware that the World Cup semi-final was scheduled on the same day when they had scheduled the Ignite event, saying, Little did we know when we scheduled Ignite that we will schedule it on the day when there is World Cup semi-final going on, in cricket.And Ive been up all night, but it finished five minutes ago.I am glad it did.
This is the short version of the game, by the way, he further added.Microsoft's Satya Nadella stays up to watch India-New Zealand World Cup match ahead of Ignite eventIndia won by 70 runs, bowling out New Zealand at 327 in 48.5 overs.
Virat Kohli scored 117 runs, reaching the milestone of 50 centuries in one-day cricket, surpassing Sachin Tendulars record of 49 centuries.
Shreyas Iyer, too, scored a century, having Mohammed Shami become the first bowler to take 7 wickets in the ODI World Cup.Nadella's passion for cricketSatya Nadella has been a passionate cricket fan, having stated that cricket was one of his major interests while growing up in IndiaDuring an interview, Nadella mentioned that he used to play cricket during his school days.
He had also once mentioned that playing cricket taught him valuable lessons about teamwork and leadership.He recently collaborated with the Delhi Capitals IPL team and is now a co-owner of the Seattle Orcas franchise in the Major League Cricket (MLC) T20 tournament.Nadella also plans to construct a cricket stadium in Seattle.
In fact, the new Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, has an actual oval-shaped cricket ground now.