New Delhi. Fan following of many cricketers is in crores. Today fans are ready to do anything for players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli. But what if a fan takes off his clothes for his favorite cricketer? This has happened before. At that time the teams of India and England were face to face. This is from the year 1986 when India was playing Test at Lord’s. Sunil Gavaskar and Srikanth were on the field at that time.
In fact, due to the exclusion of veteran cricketer Ian Botham from the team, a female fan had protested by taking off her clothes. Ian was dropped from the team by the England Cricket Board. A woman entered the field without clothes in support of Batham. He held a poster in his hand. In which it was written, “Bring back Botham”. When this incident happened, Sunil Gavaskar and Srikanth were batting.
While talking on Kapil Sharma Show, Sunil Gavaskar had said about that incident, that woman was coming inside the field. She was wearing very high heels. So I tried to stop him. So that the pitch does not get spoiled. Srikanth was also with me. He was struggling. He couldn’t even see. But little by little he saw it. Then the police came and took that girl away.”
Sunil Gavaskar further said, “I went and told Srilanth…Chika don’t worry. After what he did. Due to which the ball was not hitting. He was going to be killed later. I told him later, “Wow son, this is your secret.” Let us tell you that Srikanth has scored more than 2000 runs in 43 test matches. He has also scored 2 centuries. Whereas Gavaskar has been a well-known Test cricketer of India.
Tags: Ian Botham, India Vs England, Sunil Gavaskar
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 1, 2024, 20:04 IST