India defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs i🐲n Birmingham on Wednesday and booked thei🥂r semifinal birth in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
However, it was not centurion Rohit Sharma nor yorker king Jaspri✱t Bumrah who stole the show during the match. That honour belonged to Charulata Patel. The 87-year-old became an internet sensation after she was seen cheering for the Men in Blue during their World Cup clash against Bangladesh.
Patelౠ was caught on camera cheering for Team India and soon grabbed the attention of everyone.
Even ICC was smitten by her and the official Cricket World Cu⭕p Twitter handle shared her video as well as popular sports anchor Ridhima Pathak inꦡterviewed the passionate fan.
Cricket really is for all ages!
Meet the fan whose support is sim🧔ply sensational 👏👏 |
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
She also got a chance🌞 to meet Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after the end of the match.
Kohli and Rohiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt went up to Charulata Patel and thanked her for supporting Team India. They even held her hands and took blessin💙gs from her.
How amazing is this?!
India's top-order superstars and each shared a special moment with one of the India fans at Edgbaston. |
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
