Published 10:31 IST, November 17th 2019

Indore: Police arrest Kohli fan for barging into ground during Ind vs Ban match

Police have arrested the man who broke the security perimeter and barged into the ground during the India-Bangladesh Test at being played at the Holkar Stadium

Reported by: Pritesh Kamath
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Police have arrested  man who broke security perimeter and barged into ground during India-Bangladesh Test being played at Holkar Stadium allegedly to meet Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli, according to  Additional Superintendent of Police, Anil Patidar.

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Entry ticket seized from intruder

" person who entered cricket field was a big fan of Virat Kohli. He has been apprehended and re is an investigation going on. He has been identified as Suraj Bisht," Patidar said.

"Prima facie it looks like he was just going to meet Kohli as he is a big fan but was caught by security on ground," Patidar added.

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police added that Bisht is a cook by profession and his ticket for entry to stadium has been confiscated. He was wearing a T-shirt with Kohli's name printed on it, had a tattoo of Kohli's name on his arm, and 'VK' was written on his face, revealed officer.

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In first test that was played between vember 14 to 16, saw India dominating game and emerging victorious in third day of longest format of game with two days to spare. Bangladesh decided to bat first by winning toss but could only man with 150 runs on score-board. While dominating game, India declared its innings after a blistering kck scoring a total of 493/6. Indian opener Mayank Agarwal scored his second double ton in game [243 runs from 330 balls with 28 fours and 8 sixes]. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja scored a quick 54 runs from 72 balls and 60 runs from 76 balls respectively while Ajinkya Rahane gave a stand of 86 runs from 172 balls. Bangladesh in its second innings failed to make a come-back and side was all out on 213 runs. Mayank Agarwal was named Player of Match.

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(With ANI Inputs)

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09:12 IST, November 17th 2019