Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) hosting Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their second home game of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell took the responsibility to add a fun element to the game when he charged down the track after an Eagle interrupted play.
RCB batters have been just amazing with their clean hitting in the first innings. Thanks to half-centuries from Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Glenn Maxwell, RCB managed to reach a humongous score of 212/2. The fluent strokeplay from RCB batters was one of the noteworthy points in the first innings but more than that a hilarious act from Glenn Maxwell in the final over became a moment to remember for spectators.
KL Rahul handed the ball to Mark Wood in the 20th over of the innings with the hope that he will be economical. Maxwell was facing the second delivery of the over and was ready to take a wild swing at the ball to hit it out of the park. However, there was an interruption caused by an Eagle as he flew into the sight of the batter.
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The stoppage of play wasn’t a noteworthy incident but Maxwell’s actions added a fun element to it. As Wood stopped during his runup due to the interference, Maxwell started jogging down the track and that left the spectators and the commentators in splits. The umpire then signaled for a dead ball and Wood returned to his mark to restart the proceedings.
Here is the video of the incident:
https://twitter.com/HardikSwag10143/status/1645456941034926080?s=20
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi
Here is how the netizens reacted to the incident:
@SunRisers eagle came to chinnaswamy to just remind that they own chinnaswamy and rcb #IPL#OrangeFireIdhi pic.twitter.com/JyjPpvuGbi
— Teja_Virat🔥🔥🇮🇳 (@TejaVirat_18) April 10, 2023
An eagle inside the stadium for a night game is a new one.
— it's me, K (@soona_paanaaa) April 10, 2023
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