Speaking on The Great Indian Cricket Show on Doordarshan, former India cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar shared a dramatic memory from one of the most intense India-Pakistan encounters.
Manjrekar said, “During a match in Karachi, I was at mid-off when suddenly a man in local attire walked onto the field, shouting anti-India slogans. Before we could react, he charged straight at our captain, Krishnamachari Srikkanth.”
He added, “What followed was surreal. A full-blown scuffle in the middle of a Test match! Srikkanth fought back, his shirt buttons ripped and the game stopped as security scrambled to intervene.”
Manjrekar further recalled, “The funniest part? Kiran More jumped in to defend his captain and started kicking the intruder with his pads still on! It was chaos, like a street fight on a cricket pitch.”
The incident took place during the first Test of India’s 1989 tour of Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi, a series that marked Sachin Tendulkar’s Test debut. The match ended in a draw.
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