Fan invades pitch to hug Quinton De Kock an touch his feet back on his way forgets slipper, cricketer returns it to him

Fan invades pitch to hug and touch feet’s of Quinton De Kock, on his way back forgets his slipper, South African comes to return it.

South Africa is playing against India in the third test match of the series and the men in blue had an impressive performance on the Day 1. On the other hand, the Proteas are unable to send back Indian batsmen to the Pavillion.

Since the match is going on in India, who can forget the involvement of the fans in a cricket series. Recently, a new trend has emerged in the Indian cricket scene is that of players breaching security in various grounds in order to go and touch or get a selfie with players.

Interrupting the play and raising fingers at the security measures put up by the host cricket association. One incident already happened in Pune, when a fan invaded the pitch to touch Rohit Sharma’s feet but in the end, trips him on the ground.

Similarly, another instance happened on the cricket field, when a fan ran over to the pitch to touch the feet of Quinton De Kock, to which surprised South African cricketer gave a hug in response.

The moment became even funnier, as the fan forgot his slipper way back to the stand while he was being dragged but De Kock came ahead to return the belonging of the fan.

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South Africa is playing the last match of the test series to find the consolation, as India has already secured the series after winning the first two matches in Vizag and Ranchi.

But it seems that the Proteas may not be able to register their win once again, as India is yet to lose more than three wickets even after the end of day 1. Credits to Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane for their solid partnership.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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