In a bizarre incident, a man drove his car onto the pitch during the Ranji Trophy match between De♍lhi and Uttar Pradesh at the Air Force ground in Palam on Friday afternoon.
The man, who identified h🐼imself as Girish Sharma, claimed that he had lost his way, and since there was no security at the entrance, he drove 🧸his vehicle, a Maruti Wagon R, onto the ground.
The incident occurred at 4.40 pm, 20 minutes from the close of play. The unexpected entry ofꦐ the vehicle startled both the players and umpires. As Sharma tried to drive away, he was caught by security officials and handed over to the Air Force Police.
A nu🐠mber of international players like Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Ishant Sharma were in action in the match when this incident happened.
Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma and other cricket lovers reacted on Twitter after the man drove his car on the pitch.
Very disturbing to see our Ranji Trophy game being interrupted in this fashion t�൩�oday! Thankfully all players are safe 🤞🏻
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Drive in theater just progressed to match. Shocking scene in between match today witnessed with
I:NDTV— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant)
When y💯ou follow google map to reach your destination 👀
— Sanaaaaa (@Crichipster)
New low in Indian sports’ fandom. Delhi-UP Ran🌌ji T🅺rophy game was halted because a car drove into the middle of the pitch today at Palam A Ground, Delhi.
— Venkat Parthasarathy 🇮🇳 (@Venkrek)
Today's Delhi-UP Ranji Trophy game was halted because…
a car drove into the middle of the pitch!!Bhai Delhi mein kuch bhi ho sakta hai!
— Shivam Patil (@aimlessloner)
That must be a first – "Car stops play". Ranji Trophy game between Delhi and UP held up by man driving to the pitch at the Air Force ground.
— G Rajaraman (@g_rajaraman)
When you don't treat dulhe ke fufa ji well.
He in the middle of wedding:
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
Get over streakers and dogs.. In Delhi, a Ranji T꧑rophy game was halted as a man drove car onto the pitch
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra)
