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[WATCH] Virat Kohli followers breach safety, take selfie with cricketer on Day 2 of pink-ball Check in Bengaluru

Fans breached security to click selfies with Virat Kohli.


There was a safety breach on the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday as a couple of followers ran onto the sector to take a selfie with Virat Kohli. The incident occurred on Day 2 of the pink-ball Check between India and Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on Sunday when the star cricketer was fielding within the slip area.

In a video that has gone viral on social media platforms, three followers may be seen barging into the stadium and working in the direction of Kohli for a selfie. Safety officers strive onerous to chase them out even because the cricketer himself requests them to not be too harsh on the followers.

The 33-year-old finally obliges the selfie request however asks followers to take care of social distancing, protecting the bio-bubble protocols in thoughts.

Virat Kohli has obtained large assist throughout the Check from the gang as he performs for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) within the Indian Premier League (IPL). The continued Check in Bengaluru is his one hundred and first look for India within the longer format of the sport. He accomplished 100 matches throughout the 1st Check in Mohali.

Virat Kohli was dismissed lbw in each innings

Though Virat Kohli bought a grand welcome on the crease each occasions he went out to bat, he may contribute so much with the willow. The previous captain was dismissed for 23 within the 1st innings, trapped lbw by Dhananjaya de Silva.

Within the 2nd innings as effectively, he fell leg earlier than for 13, this time to Praveen Jayawickrama. On each events, the ball stayed low, making it tough for Kohli to get bat on it.

Regardless of Kohli’s twin failures, Group India discover themselves in command within the pink-ball Check courtesy of Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah. Whereas Shreyas scored 92 and 67, Pant contributed 39 and 50. Bumrah claimed 5 for twenty-four in Sri Lanka’s first innings and despatched again Lahiru Thirimanne for a duck within the second.

Chasing 447 for victory, Sri Lanka went to stumps on Day 2 at 28 for 1.


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