Delhi: There was a major security lapse in the first session of the second day of the Boxing Day Test match being played between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A person jumped from the stand and entered the field straight away. He first went to Indian team captain Rohit Sharma and then reached Virat Kohli, placed his hand on his shoulder and got a photo clicked with him. After this the security personnel caught him and took him out of the field. This incident has raised questions on the safety of the players.
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This incident happened during the 97th over of the Australian innings. The Australian team started its innings by batting first. When the Indian team was fielding, this person jumped from the stand and entered the field, dodging the security personnel.
2023 World Cup Final.
2024 Boxing Day Test.– The same guy meets Virat Kohli twice by invading the pitch in a year. pic.twitter.com/HjTxA8vGE4
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 27, 2024
The fan first reached Rohit and then Virat
He first tried to go to Rohit Sharma, but then he went straight to Virat Kohli. Some people are believing that this could be the same person who had also tried to reach out to Kohli during the 2023 ODI World Cup.
— Sunil Gavaskar (@gavaskar_theman) December 27, 2024
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The Australian team scored 474 runs in its first innings. During this, Steve Smith played a brilliant inning of 140 runs, which was the 34th century of his Test career. With this century, Smith has become the player to score the most centuries in Test cricket against India. This was recorded as his 11th century against India. Jasprit Bumrah performed brilliantly in bowling for India and took 4 wickets.
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