West Indies captain Rovman Powell saves 5-year-old ball-boy from catastrophic damage, hurts himself in course of

West Indies captain Rovman Powell crashed into the LED commercial boards whereas attempting to save lots of a 5-year-old youngster within the sidelines of the boundary.

Centurion,UPDATED: Mar 27, 2023 00:05 IST

West Indies captain Rovman Powell was injured in the course of the group’s second match vs SA. (Reuters Photo)

By India Today Sports Desk: West Indies captain Rovman Powell bought injured whereas attempting to save lots of a 5-year-old ball boy on the fringe of the boundary space on Sunday, 26 March. Powell, whereas chasing a ball in the direction of the boundary prevented a probably catastrophic collision and selected to get damage himself. The incident occurred within the third over of the South Africa chase when Quinton de Kock hit the ball in the direction of the lengthy off boundary. Powell gave the ball a chase and was contained in the dive size to drag the ball again into the sector earlier than it touched the boundary.

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The West Indies captain nevertheless noticed a five-year-old ball boy attempting to get to the sting of line and catch the ball and determined to abort the chase within the final minute. Man of pretty massive construct, Powell jumped over the child and the boundary line and crashed into the LED boards, earlier than toppling over. Visibly shaken from the incident, Powell needed to be handled on the sideline and took an honest period of time to get again into the sector.

In basic, such younger youngsters should not normally used as ball-boys and the authorities are anticipated to rethink their choice for the third match of the sequence, set to be performed at Wanderers on 28 March.

As for the sport, West Indies have been defeated by 6 wickets and seven balls remaining regardless of scoring an enormous 258 runs. Quinton de Kock and the Reeza Hendricks mixed to place up an incredible opening partnership of 152 runs in 11 overs, which set South Africa one their solution to win the sport. De Kock scored a century whereas Hendricks hit 68 off 28 balls.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Mar 27, 2023