Bring back Botham…when the woman came to the field without clothes in the middle of the match; Sunil Gavaskar told the whole incident

Sunil Gavaskar On Ian Botham: In the year 1986, a unique and shocking incident happened during a test match being played between India and England at Lord’s. At that time Sunil Gavaskar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth were batting for the Indian team. Meanwhile, a female fan entered the field and demonstrated a unique protest against the exclusion of England’s star all-rounder Ian Botham from the team.

fans were angry

Actually, the England Cricket Board had dropped Ian Botham from the team, due to which his fans were very angry. A female spectator came to the field in support of Botham. She was holding a poster on which it was written, ‘Bring back Botham’. This incident became a topic of much discussion at that time, because such a performance on the field was very unusual.

Sunil Gavaskar told the whole incident

mention of this incident Sunil Gavaskar Later did it in ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. He told that the woman had come to the field wearing high heels. Gavaskar jokingly said that he tried to stop it so that there was no damage to the pitch. Srikanth was also with him, who looked a little uncomfortable with this unexpected incident. However, after some time the police reached the spot and took the woman out of the field.

Gavaskar further jokingly told that he told Srikanth not to worry. After this Srikanth batted brilliantly. Gavaskar jokingly said that perhaps this was his ‘secret’.

Through this incident it also becomes clear how deep is the popularity of players in cricket. The passion of fans for players like Ian Botham, Sunil Gavaskar and Srikanth was no less than anyone in that era. This incident is still counted among the interesting and unique incidents of cricket history.

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