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A fan of Indian skipper Rohit Sharma breached the security to meet the cricketer and touch his feet on Day 1 of the England Test. India, under the captaincy of Sharma, is to host England for a five-match Test series, which commenced on January 25, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and invited the rivals to bowl first.
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The home side found them in a comfortable situation as their bowling unit, featuring names like Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin bundled out their counterparts for 246. While Ashwin and Jadeja picked three wickets each, Patel and Bumrah scalped two wickets each. England skipper Ben Stokes played a decent inning for his side and contributed 70 runs to the overall total.
Rohit Sharma fan dressed in Virat Kohli jersey breaches security
During the match, a Rohit Sharma fan dressed in a Virat Kohli jersey breached security and entered the field. The fan entered the field and moved past the security to touch Sharma’s feet and hug him. However, he was soon taken away by the security. This wasn’t the first time that a fan breached security to meet their favourite cricketers.
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Speaking of the second inning, Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the innings with skipper Rohit Sharma and recorded his second Test fifty. Sharma was dismissed on 24 runs off 27 deliveries by a Ben Stokes delivery. Earlier in an interview with Jio Cinema, Sharma said that numbers don’t matter to him and that numbers are overrated.
Sharma said, "Numbers are overrated. In India, we do talk a lot about numbers and all of that. I got five hundreds in the 2019 World Cup, but we still lost. The hundreds don’t matter. I may think about them maybe 20 years later after I retire, but what did we get? I wanted the trophy. If you don’t win trophies, I don’t think those 5-6 hundreds make too much sense. Team sport is all about winning trophies, not about individual accomplishments."
