Snake, hair dryer, blackout: Cricket spectators in Guwahati get bonus entertainment in stadium

Cricket is called as the game of great uncertainties. Cricket lovers from across the world spend great amount of money and time to witness the cricket's suspense and action live in stadiums. But, besides cricket's thrilling action between bat and ball, spectators in the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, also witnessed a bizarre incident yesterday. While spectators were expecting the rain during the match, it was the snake who took all the highlights in the seventh over of India's innings.

The second T20I match between India and South Africa was stopped for about five minutes when the snake came out of nowhere from a small unnoticed pit near South African player Wayne Parnell at the extra cover region. A couple of South African players pointed it out to Indian batsman KL Rahul and the on-field umpires. It then slithered into the square region.

The groundsmen later captured the snake in a bucket.



If a snake slithering onto the field during India's innings was not enough, the worst came in the second innings when the stadium went into partial darkness during South Africa's chase, causing a second interruption in the match.

Just after the first ball of Deepak Chahhar in the third over, play came to halt after one of the four floodlight towers went off, halting play for 18 minutes.

All the players went back to the dressing room and it took about six minutes for the lights to slowly turn on one by one before play resumed.

This is not the first time when Guwahati stadium has been in the news for wrong reasons. During the last International match here, the venue's mismanagement also made headlines when India-Sri Lanka first T20I in January 2020 was abandoned after water seeped onto the pitch despite being given a three-layer cover. They had to bring hair dryer, steam iron, battery operated fans among other tools to dry up the pitch but in vain.