Love proposals in sporting arenas have now become a trend over the past few years. Such romantic moments used to happen regularly in the sports in the western world and have now caught up with cricket matches as well.
The first in-stadium proposal of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 came during the India-Netherlands Super 12 game on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The video of the same has gone viral.
During the 7th over of Netherlands’ innings, the camera panned toward a couple in the crowd. The male went on his knee, pulled out a ring and asked his partner whether she’d marry him. With much elation and a beaming a smile, the girl accepted the proposal.
The pair hugged and the girl couldn’t contain her emotions as she came to terms with the magnitude of the decision – Marriage – in front of a jam-packed SCG.
The ICC posted this heart-warming video on their social media handles with the caption “She said yes”
You can watch the video here:
Speaking about the game, India overcame early jitters with the bat to thrash the Netherlands by 56 runs, taking the first spot in Group 2 with two wins in two matches and boosting their NRR to +1.425.
India lost KL Rahul in the third over of their innings. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli did the consolidation work with a partnership of 73 (56). Rohit Sharma hit a fifty (53 off 39) and then the in-form Suryakumar Yadav hammered 51* off 25 balls as Virat Kohli anchored another innings scoring 62* off 44 balls.
With the ball, India was all over the Dutch. Spinners Axar Patel and R Ashwin and pacers Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar all took two wickets each and Mohammed Shami snapped a solitary scalp. Yadav was rewarded with the Player of the Match award.
India will next face South Africa on Sunday in Perth.
