Published 17:36 IST, November 22nd 2019
Ind vs Ban Pink Ball Test: India physio attends to injured Ban batsman, wins over Twitter
Ind vs Ban: Bangladesh player was hit on the helmet and their physio seemed to be absent. Team India physio Nitin Patel attended to the Bangladesh batsman.
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It's t often you see a physio helping opposition during a cricket match. Such a thing is very rare to see. But it happened during historic pink-ball Test between India and Bangladesh on Friday at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
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Bangladesh tailender Nayeem Hasan was hit on his helmet in 25th over off Mohammed Shami. As soon as he was hit, India players looked rushed towards him to check if he was ok. Bangladesh physio seemed to be absent when incident happened so Indian team asked ir physio, Nitin Patel, to check in on Hasan.
Here you can have a look at video shared by BCCI
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Twitteratis appreciated this gesture of sportsmanship by Indian team. Here are a few reactions:
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Earlier in day, after having won toss, Bangladesh decided to bat first. y did t get off to a good start as y lost ir top order quickly. Ishant Sharma drew first blood as he trapped Imrul Kayes in front of stumps and sent him packing for a paltry 4. Yadav bagged two wickets inside three balls to get rid off Mominul Haque and Mohammad Mithun (both of m scored ducks).
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Bangladesh’s most experienced batsman Mushifiqur Rahim came and went within a blink of an eye as he was bowled by Mohammed Shami for a duck as well. visitors went into lunch at 73 for 6.
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Post lunch, Bangladesh suffered ar blow as ir wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das was retired hurt for 24 after he was hit on helmet by a Mohammed Shami delivery when he was batting on 15.
India eventually wrapped up Bangladesh innings at 106. Sharma picked five wickets while Yadav and Shami picked three and two wickets respectively. While writing this article, India was 26 for 1 as y lost Mayank Agarwal for 14.
17:01 IST, November 22nd 2019