Cricket’s fans are said to come from a diverse background and varied ages. The latter was seen to be true when an octogenarian became the highlight of the India vs Bangladesh match along with Rohit Sharma’s, extraordinary performance, yesterday. 87-year-old Charulatha Patel, was captured cheering and celebrating all the boundaries and wickets of team India. …
Cricket’s fans are said to come from a diverse background and varied ages. The latter was seen to be true when an octogenarian became the highlight of the India vs Bangladesh match along with Rohit Sharma’s, extraordinary performance, yesterday.
87-year-old Charulatha Patel, was captured cheering and celebrating all the boundaries and wickets of team India. She was spotted with a Tricolour scarf, national flag in hand, and blowing a bright yellow coloured vuvuzela celebrating India’s win. When asked, she proudly replied, “I love this Indian team and all the players are like my kids.”
Cricket really is for all ages!
Meet the #TeamIndia fan whose support is simply sensational 👏👏 #BANvIND | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/4TaXCvSgzr
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 2, 2019
After the match, team India Captain Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, personally thanked the lady for showing her love to the Indian team.
How amazing is this?!
India's top-order superstars @imVkohli and @ImRo45 each shared a special moment with one of the India fans at Edgbaston.#CWC19 | #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/3EjpQBdXnX
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 2, 2019
India's win today certainly brought a smile to the face of this India fan!#CWC19 | #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/JtvLden91C
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 2, 2019
Her enthusiasm also took Anand Mahindra, the famous Industrialist and chief Economist of Mahindra Group’s, attention as he has generously announced that he will be reimbursing her ticket cost for the rest of the India matches.
As per my tradition, I wasn’t watching the match 😊 But I’m going to switch it on now just to see this lady…She looks like a match winner…. https://t.co/cn9BLpwfyj
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 2, 2019
Find out who she is & I promise I will reimburse her ticket costs for the rest of the India matches!😊 https://t.co/dvRHLwtX2b
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 2, 2019
Soon audience took it to social media and praised her for her enthusiasm and support. Fans wished her a long and healthy life. Michael Vaughan, the former England Captain, also shared her pictures on his Instagram and called it the ‘picture of the day’.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzafqvkhEsz/
https://twitter.com/Shubham_RSS_BJP/status/1146031663282937856
https://twitter.com/AdiiiTea/status/1146121929759191040
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