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Crazy scenes broke out after a snake was entered at the Barsapara Stadium on Sunday, the day before India faced South Africa in the second T20I of their three-match series in Guwahati. After the Indian innings' seventh over, the incident happened, and play was abruptly stopped. At that point, the commentators announced on the radio that play had been halted because a snake was reportedly on the ground. Before the snake emerged on the big screen, the cameras first captured the Indian hitters and South African fielders turning their heads in a specific manner. The grounds crew rushed on to the field to remove the unauthorized guest from the ground. Four individuals were needed to capture the snake, and
#Snake 🐍🐍 on the field 😳😳😲😲😲 #INDvSA#Guwahati #INDVSA #Guwahati pic.twitter.com/mwb36fRNpy
— Latest_update_official (@ramvish93296061) October 2, 2022
Snake also reached to watch the cricket match of India and South Africa at the stadium in Guwahati.#Guwahati #Cricket #snake #SnakeAtTheStadium #INDvsSA #INDvsSAT20I pic.twitter.com/cI4cP7FRy7
— Prateek Pratap Singh (@PrateekPratap5) October 2, 2022
There was even more drama at the Barsapara Stadium. The play was suspended for the second time in the game during the South African innings due to a power outage. Before the power was restored, the game had to be interrupted due to the unexpected loss of the floodlights, and India and South Africa continued playing. Floodlight malfunctions are not new. It infamously occurred in 2008 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata during an IPL game.
In terms of the game itself, India, who was asked to bat, put up an electrifying batting performance on route to scoring 237/3. Suryakumar Yadav was the hero of the innings, scoring a fifty off just 18 balls and smashing 61 off 22 balls with five fours and five sixes. This, combined with contributions from Rohit Sharma (43), KL Rahul (57), and Virat Kohli (49), enabled India set a lofty goal for South Africa to tie the series.