A video has gone viral on social media wherein India cricketer Ruturaj Gaikwad was denied entry into the team bus by the bus driver in Johannesburg!
India and South Africa played the 3rd T20I on Thursday and the first ODI on Sunday both in Johannesburg, with India winning both these encounters.
Ahead of the 1st ODI, a fan recorded a funny video of Ruturaj Gaikwad getting denied entry into the team bus, which left Gaikwad confused and baffled.
In this video, Ruturaj Gaikwad can be seen walking to the team bus in his training kit. Upon approaching the gate, however, the bus driver seated inside closes the gate, leaving Gaikwad stranded outside the bus gate, looking sideways for hints as to what’s going on.
Watch: Ruturaj Gaikwad denied entry on team bus by bus driver in Johannesburg; check fans’ reactions
When your cricket career peaks at water boy status and the team bus has a ‘hydration distancing’ policy. 😂😭#INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/tSh1S4v5b9
— Tathagat Harsh (@tathagat_harsh) December 17, 2023
The video, however, ends at this point, and what happened after this incident couldn’t be known. Anyway, it was a fun video for the fans and fans made some hilarious captions on this.
Talking about the first ODI, Ruturaj Gaikwad had a poor start to his international test outside Asia as the 26-year-old managed only 5 runs.
Through Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan’s excellent bowling performances, India bundled South Africa for a low total of only 116 runs, which is now South Africa’s lowest ODI score at home.
The chase got a quick start with young debutant Sai Sudharsan cracking a boundary on the first ball he faced in ODI cricket. Gaikwad, too, got underway with a four off a free-hit off pacer Wiaan Mulder. However, apart from that, Gaikwad barely played an attacking shot, and Mulder had his revenge when he dismissed the right-hander lbw for 5 runs in 10 balls.
Sudharsan and Shreyas Iyer cracked attacking half-centuries, taking India to an 8-wicket win and 1-0 lead in the ODI series.
