Watch: Rinku Singh's Viral Six 'Survivors' Say They Are 'Shaken'. Watch
Though on Wednesday India lost the second T20I against South Africa by five wickets, with the hosts taking an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series, there was one incident that everyone was talking about. India's top scorer in the match, Rinku Singh, who scored 68* off 39 balls, hit a monstrous six on the fourth ball of the 19th over of the innings against Aiden Markram between long-on and mid-wicket. The ball sailed far away and hit the glass panel of the media center in Gqeberha. It got shattered, and the images have gone viral.
BCCI content manager Rajal Arora and media manager Moulin Parikh were sitting right at the point where the ball hit the glass panel of the media box. Parikh said, "This is his first fifty for India."Life-time memory. The ball was headed right here. It came with a big thud. Somehow, only this glass pane was shut, and we were very lucky.”
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The anchor asked, "Now to the other survivor, are you doing well, Rajal? Is it alright"
Rajal said, "We didn't anticipate it landing right here because we thought that the ball might dip and go down. But the ball landed right here. As he said, it was a close save. The other two windows were open, and this was the only one that was shut. It landed on the glass pane. Yeah, we are fine.”
The anchor then went on to Lucy, the Cricket South Africa media manager, and asked her cheekily if the invoice for the damage had been sent to BCCI. "Yes, we already have," she smiled and replied.
Lucy said, "I was sitting right here where the ball hit. I am a little bit shook up. Thankfully, me and my laptop are safe.”