There was an incident of security violation during the IPL 2025 opener between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. A fan climbed the fence in the stadium and RCB ran to the ground to meet the Great Virat KohliThe pitch invading fell on the feat of the star batter. However, the fan’s action put him in trouble as he was detained by the Kolkata Police in a case of security violations.
Rajiv Shukla, Vice President of the Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajiv Shukla reacted to the incident. Taking X, Shukla accepted Kohli’s fan and shared a post and said: “Amazing fan after @imvkohli.”
Amazing fan after @imvkohli https://t.co/l4Gukdjgrq
– Rajiv Shukla (@shuklarajiv) March 23, 2025
However, Shukla was criticized for glorifying the incident with fans to raise concerns over the safety of the player.
Here is how the Internet reacted:
Do not glorify it especially as a BCCI officer. It was a security lapse. If you normalize such things and allow security to remain generous, someday the crooks will enter and try to harm the players.
There are many examples from the past. Remember Monica Seles Stabing?
– The Skin Doctor (@TheSkindoctor13) March 23, 2025
You should not be glorified, especially as a administrator.
– Sundardeep – Volkalb (@volklub) March 23, 2025
As the Vice President of BCCI, you should not encourage such security violations by fans under the guise of ‘Fan Follow’. Do not God, if something goes wrong with a player tomorrow, who will be held responsible? Please improve the security system.
– jahazi (@oye_jahazi) March 23, 2025
This is a violation
– Saurabh Gupta (@casourabhguptax) March 23, 2025
For Anward, the incident occurred after the Star India batsman arrived in half a century. The fan jumped on the railing and ran towards him. Virat was surprised visually because the fan grabbed his feet and fell to the ground.
Seeing the match again, KKR batted first and posted a target of 175 for RCB, Captain Rahane was the top scorer for KKR with 56 runs, and KKR struggled in the first three overs where he lost D Cock. After losing the first wicket Rahane and Narin, a strong partnership of 103 runs was formed, which was later broken. Rasikh SalaamJosh Hazlewood and Krunal Pandya Then took wickets at regular intervals and limited KKR to 174 runs.
In search of 175, Phil Salt (58) and Virat Kohli (59*) gave Bengaluru an explosive start. The British played an aggressive role, while Kohli was fierce with some delivery faced during Powerplay. With Salt’s ruthless batting, RCB increased to 80 without losing one wicket by the end of the powerplay, marking its second biggest score in the history of the attractive league.
Kohli did not stay out and finished the game as well Liam Livingstone In the 17th over. Biref Score: Kolkata Knight Riders 174/8 (Ajinkya Rahane 56, Sunil Narin 44; Krunal Pandya 3-29) vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore 177/3 (Virat Kohli 59*, Phil Salat 56; Sunil Nerin 1-27).
(With ANI input)
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