WATCH: Young Fan Invades Pitch To Hug Rohit Sharma In 2nd ODI As India Captain Nearly Falls

In another viral pic, Rohit Sharma can be seen urging the security officials to handle things calmly and not do anything against the young fan.

A fan invaded the pitch as he ran towards Rohit Sharma and even managed to hug the Indian skipper just for a few seconds.

Source : Screengrab taken from Twitter

India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Highlights: A young fan invaded the pitch during IND vs NZ 2nd One-Day-International match at Raipur's Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium. The incident took place in the 10th over of Indian innings. A fan invaded the pitch as he ran towards Rohit Sharma and even managed to hug the Indian skipper just for a few seconds.

Things could have turned much more chaotic as Rohit almost fell when the security tried to remove the young fan away from him. Luckily, the star batter did not lose his balance and the fan was escorted away from the pitch. The video of the incident has gone viral on the internet.

A young Fan huge to @ImRo45 during Ind vs NZ 2nd ODI#IndvsNZ2ndODI #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/FGukDYyOeC

— sportsliveresults (@Ashishs92230255) January 21, 2023

A fan invaded the field and hugged Rohit Sharma. pic.twitter.com/wSCOB2kw07

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 21, 2023

In another viral pic, Rohit Sharma can be seen urging the security officials to handle things calmly and not do anything against the young fan.

Rohit Sharma asking the security guard not to do anything against the fan.

Nice gesture from Captain. pic.twitter.com/pLS9NE9D40

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 21, 2023

Talking about India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI, the Men in Blue defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets to seal the three-match ODI series 2-0. India chased down the 109-run target in just 20.1 overs to register one of their most clinical wins in recent times after relentless pace attack from Shami and Siraj ran through a fragile New Zealand batting line-up. 

Rohit Sharma returned to form by scoring an eye-catching fifty and his opening partner Gill played with a lot of composure to bat till the end of India's innings. The third and final ODI between India and New Zealand will be played in Indore on Tuesday.