Over the years, we have seen many bizarre incidents in our game that have halted the proceedings. There have been intruders running in to meet their favourite players, intruders trying to grab the attention of the audience.
Rain, sightscreen issues, animals running onto the field and wet outfield have stopped play at some point. A few years ago, during a Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in 2017, a man rode his car in the middle of ground to bring the match to a halt at the Palam Airforce Ground in New Delhi.
The match featured former stars Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Ishant Sharma. Today in a cricket game at the club level, the match was halted because an intruder stepped onto the field and the pitch with his scooter. It was a very bizarre incident and had to be stopped soon in order to start the play again.
The video went viral on social media on Monday, but it seems to have originally taken place on April 30th, the day when Soton University Cricket’s Twitter handle shared an image of the incident. “Welcome to Pompey boys, Job Centre’s the other way,” it had tweeted.
Watch the video:
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Along with the video, we can hear the audio of the commentators who are shouting as they see the intruder entering the field and pitch using the scooter. It was a rare incident and play was stopped for a while till everything was cleared out for the play to start.
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