Speaking at an event for honouring Santosh Trophy winners and distributing football jerseys to various teams in Malappuram district of Kerala, Gandhi said just like a football or cricket team, which requires all its players to play as a unit to win, India too is a team whose success is "based on all its people, all the religions, all the languages, the States and all the communities" here coming together.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/team-india-is-one-where-people-are-united-not-divided-rahul-gandhi/articleshow/92635638.cms