In a heartwarming story full of love and sacrifice, a 15 year boy, school going Kartikey Kumar Singh, living in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, cycled for 58 kilometers only to see his idol cricketer Virat Kohli batting in a Test match against Bangladesh in Kanpur.
The viral video on social media features another story of a small child who traveled alone on a bicycle from Unnao to Kanpur to attend the test match between India and Bangladesh.
It was after seven hours that he came back into the city of Kanpur after cycling 58 kilometers from Unnao. Getting up at 4 am the morning from his house, he plunged into the darkness of early morning cycling, and eventually made it to Green Park Stadium by 11 am.
About the match, the day ended prematurely on account of bad light only for Bangladesh to currently be at 107-3, and heavy rains subsequently followed. The outdoor activity between India and Bangladesh two match series was on lead 1-0.
India, already a match up in the two match series at 1-0, elected to chase, causing another overcast morning, only for the team’s fast bowler Akash Deep to reward captain Rohit Sharma’s decision with two wickets within the first hour of the game.
He got rid of First Martian Zakir Hasan without any Runs while bowling closely and bowled perfectly weighted Seams at the Left-handers therefore Shadman Islam for 24 trapped mud.
The captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, who contributed 31 runs, then joined Mominul Haque to add another 51 runs towards the end of the first session.
But in the post lunch session, it was Ashwin who ended this stand and quite superb hitting India’s hero of the first game. Having done well with bat and ball in the first win, the off spinner came round the wicket and clean bowled Najmul LBW to a beautifully designed delivery that turned sharply.
