A Pakistani Fan Made A Special Request And Here’s How Rohit Sharma Reacted: Our Indian cricketers enjoy a huge fan following. The love that they receive, not just in India, but around the world is unparallel. The fans are always eager to get a glimpse of their favorite players and recently some of the fans got very lucky as they met their favorite stars in the UAE.
The Indian cricket team will take on Pakistan in the upcoming high-voltage clash against Pakistan in the men’s Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday. Both teams will be meeting for the first time since the T20 World Cup 2021, when the Indian side suffered an embarrassing defeat. Players of both teams are currently sweating it out ahead of the much-awaited clash.
Ahead of the clash, Rohit Sharma and co. have hit the nets while their fans keep on gathering outside the training ground and keep waiting for hours to click selfies with the Indian stars.
On Friday, Rohit Sharma made the day of a fan from Pakistan and his gesture has been winnings hearts on social media. Well, the Pakistan fan had arrived specially to meet the Indian captain. Rohit was monitoring the team’s training along with strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai when the fans started calling him for the pictures. Rohit dodged the fence and reached up to the boundary rails to meet with the fans, who were waiting for a long time to meet the players.
Meanwhile, a fan from Pakistan put his hands across the railings and kept requesting Rohit to give him a hug. In a wonderful gesture, the Indian skipper obliged and did what he asked for. The video of the same has been going viral on the internet and has won many hearts.
Watch the video here:
With Pakistani fans asking for a hug, @ImRo45 stepped out of the ground and went and greeted them ! #INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/xAWYDgg3Iz
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) August 26, 2022
After the beautiful incident, the fan admired the Indian captain and said:
“I never expected he [Rohit] would come closer and interact with us. I came from Pakistan to see him, and he gave me a hug, though there is a border between,”
He added: “Though I support Pakistan, I came specially to meet Rohit. His passion and class are phenomenal”
Meanwhile, another fan also praised Rohit Sharma’s gesture and requested the Indian captain to go firm on Pakistan bowlers. He said:
“The class that he has been maintaining for the last 10-15 years is similar to his character. The moment I said I’m here from Pakistan, he left the field and came to meet and greet us. ‘Humne unse kaha ki is dafah zara haath halka rakhna jyunki hamare bowlers new hain (please go firm on Pakistan bowlers as they are new). We don’t have the likes of Shaheen Shah and Amir, so please have mercy on Pakistan,”
India’s squad for Asia Cup 2022:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan Standbys: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, and Deepak Chahar
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2022:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
