Bumrah celebrated like a footballer, Pandya’s birthday cake was cut at the stadium; Top moments | Bumrah celebrated like a footballer, cutting Pandya’s birthday cake at the stadium; Top moments

Hardik Pandya celebrated his birthday before the match.

India beat Afghanistan by 8 wickets in ODI World Cup. Virat Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq embraced at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. During the IPL, there was a brawl between the two. Hardik Pandya celebrated his birthday before the match on Wednesday. While fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah celebrated like footballer Marcus Rashford after taking a wicket.

Such top moments of India-Afghanistan match…

1. Hardik Pandya’s birthday cake was cut at the ground amidst 40 thousand fans
Wednesday 11th October was Hardik Pandya’s birthday. Hardik Pandya turns 30 years old. Hardik Pandya’s cake was cut on the field before the match. Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was also with Hardik during the cake cutting. Hardik said that I got a lot of good wishes the night before the match.

Hardik took 2 wickets in this match. He sent Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Omarzai to the pavilion.

Hardik Pandya celebrated his birthday before the match.

2. Bumrah celebrates Rashford
Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah celebrated as did Marcus Rashford. In the 7th over, Bumrah bowled a good length outside off stump, the ball hit the edge of Ibrahim Zadran’s bat and went into the hands of wicketkeeper KL Rahul. As soon as he took the wicket, Bumrah did a wicket celebration like Manchester United’s English football player Marcus Rashford.

Jasprit Bumrah was celebrating after taking the wicket of Ibrahim Zadran.

Marcus was injured during the 2021–22 season. This led to him being away from football for a long time and going through mental health challenges due to injury. When Marcus returned to the pitch, he celebrated in a way that showed his tough mentality. Similar was the story of Bumrah who returned from injury.

English footballer Marcus Rashford also celebrated like Bumrah.

3. Shardul made a juggling catch
In the 13th over of the first innings, Rahmanullah Gurbaz returned to the pavilion thanks to a brilliant catch by Shardul Thakur. In the 13th over, Hardik Pandya bowled a bouncer on the fourth ball of the over. Gurbaz plays a pull shot, but the ball goes to fine leg.

Shardul Thakur took the catch on the boundary, but the momentum kept it going outside the boundary. He showed understanding and dropped the ball inside the boundary. After that, Shardul completed the catch by coming inside the boundary. Gurbaz was dismissed after scoring 21 runs.

Shardul Thakur took a juggling catch on the boundary.

4. Hashamtullah caught on a free hit
In the 22nd over, Afghanistan got a free-hit on an error by Rohit. In fact, in Jadeja’s 22nd over, the captain set the fielding and instead of 4, 5 fielders stood outside the 30 yard circle. According to the rules only 4 fielders could stand outside the circle between 11 and 40 overs. The umpire gave a no-ball on this mistake and Afghanistan got a free hit.

Shahidi played a big shot on the free hit, but it was caught at mid-off. The batter was not out on a free hit, so Shahidi survived and the team got 1 run.

Hashmatullah’s Shahidi was caught on a free hit.

5. The ball slips from Kuldeep’s hands, but he snaps the catch
Jasprit Bumrah bowled a slow bouncer in the last ball of the 48th over. Rashid played a shot at deep point. There fielder Kuldeep Yadav came running and tried to take the catch. Meanwhile the ball slipped from Kuldeep’s hands, but Kuldeep did not give up and dived forward to catch the ball again. Rashid returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav dived forward and took a brilliant catch.

6. Afghanistan players came out to play wearing black bands
Afghanistan’s players came to play in the Delhi ground wearing black armbands. In fact, the team’s players came to the field wearing black armbands to pay tribute to the people who lost their lives in the current earthquake in Afghanistan.

The players of India and Afghanistan also observed a two-minute silence for the victims before the match. Let us tell you that a few days ago, more than 1000 people lost their lives in the massive earthquake in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan players came to play wearing black bands.

7. Virat Kohli embraces Naveen-ul-Haq
During the match, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli embraced Afghanistan’s bowler Naveen Ul Haq. Virat also asked the spectators not to hoot Naveen during the batting.

Indeed, during the IPL 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on May 1 at the Ikana Stadium in Lucknow. During this match, there was a dispute between RCB’s Virat Kohli, LSG’s Naveen Ul-Haq and mentor Gautam Gambhir. After this, Virat’s fans were angry with Naveen. However, now both players showed sportsperson spirit and embraced.

Virat Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq embraced during the match.