An interesting incident took place on the field during India’s innings. A boy blindfolded the security personnel and rushed to the ground. He hugged the batting Rohit Sharma. Even the hitman was momentarily confused by the boy’s sudden entry.
In the second ODI against New Zealand at Raipur, Team India won by eight wickets. Thus, they won the three-match ODI series by 2-0 with one more match remaining. Team India’s bowlers who won the toss and chose to field first showed the New Zealand batters. Wickets were taken at successive intervals. As a result, the tourist team collapsed to just 108 runs in 34.3 overs. After that, India came into the ring with a small target and won comfortably in 20.1 overs. Rohit Sharma (51; 7 fours in 50 balls, 2 sixes) and Shubman Gill (40; 6 fours in 53 balls) played a vital role in the victory of Team India. While the Indian team was innings, an interesting incident took place on the field. A boy blindfolded the security personnel and rushed to the ground. He hugged the batting Rohit Sharma. Even the hitman was momentarily confused by the boy’s sudden entry. But the security personnel noticed this and separated the boy from Rohit. This is where captain Rohit once again won everyone’s hearts. Cricket fans were impressed when the security instructed the boy not to say anything. The incident happened in the 10th over bowled by Tickner. The video related to this has now gone viral on social media. Netizens are praising the hitman who advised him not to take any action against his fan. They are posting comments saying ‘Rohit.. have you won our hearts’?
But the occurrence of such incidents in a row indicates a security failure. A similar incident took place in the recent ODI series against Sri Lanka. While Team India was fielding, a fan escaped from the security personnel and entered the field. Touched Kohli. At the same time, taking pictures of both Suryakumar together became viral. Although these are good to see, some are criticizing that the security personnel are lax when it comes to the security of the cricketers.
Rohit is an emotion for all of us fans💙💙#RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/aGgPBlIQ3K
— Ankit Sharma (@AnkitSharma8878) January 21, 2023
Craze for #RohitSharma in Raipur, A Young Fan Hugged Rohit Sharma😍#INDvNZ #INDvsNZ #IndvsNZ2ndODI #INDvsNZ #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/fDuPBR34PP
— Fantasy Win Prediction (@realfwp) January 21, 2023
Rohit Sharma told the security – “let him go, he’s a kid”.
Great gesture by the captain! pic.twitter.com/7Gz6nDHsV3
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 21, 2023
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