New Delhi: Team India started off with a win in their last tournament before the ICC T20 World Cup, as they defeated South Africa by 8 wickets on Wednesday.
Though the green pitch at Thiruvananthapuram and the swing on it were the talks of the town, another astonishing moment in the match happened when a fan invaded the ground and fell at the feet of the Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
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While India was destroying South Africa with the ball in the first innings of the match, the fan breached security and sprinted towards Rohit. He then knelt down and touched the feet of the Indian skipper. Rohit quickly responded and asked the fan not to touch his feet, before he was grabbed by the security. The incident soon went viral on the internet.
This was not the first time Rohit has had a fan sprinting to the pitch to shake his hand or touch his feet, and most Indian players have become used to this, living in a cricket-fanatic nation.
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In the match, when it seemed South Africa was on top, India’s new no.4 Suryakumar Yadav decided to counter-attack in his own way. Rahul gave him steady company at the other end as both batsmen held their ground and helped India secure the win. Suryakumar finished with a fifty at a strike rate of 151.51 while Rahul hit a six off the spinner Tabraiz Shamsi’s ball to bring up his fifty and score India’s winning runs.
The game now shifts to Assam, where the two sides will face each other in the second T20I of the season on October 2.
