T20 World Cup: Fan interrupts play to meet India skipper Rohit Sharma during warm-up game in New York | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: In an unfortunate turn of events, a Rohit Sharma fan interrupted play by entering the field to meet the India skipper during the side’s T20 World Cup warm-up game against Bangladesh in New York’s Nassau Stadium on Saturday.
During Bangladesh’s pursuit of 183, the fan got through the security cordon and ran onto the field to meet Rohit.
Soon after the intrusion, the security guards rushed to the field and tackled down the fan, who was seen shaking hands with Rohit.
In an unpleasant sight, the guards after pinning down the fan, then handcuffed him in front of Rohit before escorting him out of the park.
A worried Rohit was seen asking the match officials to tell guards to go easy on the fan.

The play eventually resumed after the brief interruption.
It is not the first time that fans have invaded the field and caused interruption to meet their cricketing stars. Stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have often come across such fan behaviour during matches.
Earlier, Rishabh Pant reinforced his claim for a berth in India’s playing 11 for the T20 World Cup as the first-choice wicketkeeper batter as he made a flowing fifty to guide his side to 182 for five against Bangladesh.
Pant, who was making his India comeback after that horrific car accident in December 2022, retired after making 53 (32b, 4×4, 4×6) on a slightly slow pitch.
There were also handy contributions by Suryakumar Yadav (31, 18b, 4×4) and Hardik Pandya (40 not out, 23b, 2×4, 4×6) as India moved to a competitive total despite not having any single big partnership in their innings.
India bowlers then fired in unison to restrict Bangladesh to 122 for 8, winning the match by 62 runs.