India’s KL Rahul on Saturday sustained harm from small objects, particularly the cork of a champagne bottle, thrown from the Lord’s stand in London on the third day of the second Test towards England.
The incident occurred within the 69th over when England captain Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow had been batting within the center. After the fourth ball of Mohammed Shami’s over, English followers from the stands threw champagne corks at Rahul, who was fielding close to the boundary rope.
Indian captain Virat Kohli gestured to throw KL Rahul off the sector.
The Indian group additionally mentioned the problem with on-field umpires Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth.
# kohli Mass
The mob throws one thing on the bottom the place KL Rahul is standing!
Kohli gestures to KL to throw him off the sector#Engwind # kohli#IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/ZjIRm3JEqj
— Gautam (@MGR_VJ) 14 August 2021
England had been 216/3 at lunch. At Lord’s, captain Joe Root was giving him firm by scoring 89 and Jonny Bairstow scoring 51 runs. On the lunch break, the house group trailed India by 148 runs a day after bowling out India for 364 of their first innings.
The hosts began the day with their in a single day rating of 119/3.
Think India has complained to the umpires concerning the champagne corks being thrown at KL Rahul.
— Rory Dollard (@thervd) 14 August 2021
Virat Kohli asks KL Rahul (with hand gestures) from first slip who’s on the boundary line if a bottle cork is thrown at him.
Then he tells him to throw it again to the buffalo within the crowd.#Engwind— rahul pandey (@sportstoryguy) 14 August 2021
Brief Scores:
India 1st Innings: 364 all out in 126.1 overs
England 1st Innings: 216/3 in 73 overs (Joe Root 89 batting, Jonny Bairstow 51 batting; Mohammad Siraj 2/49).
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
