ENG vs IND: Crowd throws champagne corks at KL Rahul while fielding; Indian fans irked

The behaviour of the crowd towards the players has time and again come under the scanner over the last few months. There have been several racism attacks on the cricketers and one of the female fans also informed that the Indian cricketers and fans were being called out at Trent Bridge. The second Test match between England and India is currently in progress at Lord’s and once again, the crowd hasn’t been kind to the visiting players.

This time, India opener KL Rahul had to face the wrath of the crowd as champagne corks were thrown at him during the first session of the third day. Several corks were seen at the boundary line where he was fielding and Rahul was clearly not happy with it. He also picked one of them up to throw out of the boundary line.

The commentators also pointed out the same and when the India skipper Virat Kohli got to know about the same, he wasn’t pleased either. Rather he was seen gesturing to his teammate to throw it back to the crowd as well. This is indeed a very poor behaviour from the crowd who have returned to the ground in full capacity this summer for the first time since lockdown last year due to COVID-19.

KL Rahul has been India’s star with the bat

If the reports are to be believed, India also reported the incident to the on-field umpires and no details have emerged as of yet. KL Rahul has been India’s star so far with the bat in the series and also scored a stunning century in the first innings of the ongoing Test at Lord’s. He displayed great patience on the opening day and later made the most of it scoring his sixth century in the format.

On the back of his brilliant 129, aided by Rohit Sharma‘s 83, India managed to post a formidable total of 364 runs in the first innings. England, in response, are once again being led by Joe Root and the match is hanging in the balance at the moment. Meanwhile, the Indian fans were not at all happy with what happened with KL Rahul at the Home of Cricket and they bashed the English crowd for the same.

Here are some of the tweets:

#Kohli mass 🔥🔥

Crowd threw something on the ground where KL Rahul is standing !

Kohli signals KL to throw it out of the ground#ENGvIND #Kohli#IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/ZjIRm3JEqj

— Gowtham ᴹᴵ (@MGR_VJ) August 14, 2021

Think India have complained to the umpires about the champagne cork that was thrown at KL Rahul.

— Rory Dollard (@thervd) August 14, 2021

England crowd throwed wine cork at KL Rahul and Virat Kohli signals him to throw back at them 😆

— Bruce Wayne (@Ajith_0605) August 14, 2021

Dig a hole of 500mts to find the maturity levels of English fans. Good, bad & the English fans. #ENGvIND #IndvsEng #KLRahul

— akhil vadiyala (@akhilvadiyala) August 14, 2021

@mohsinaliisb England crowd throwing capd at Kl Rahul at boundary line😠

— Vijay Sai (@Vijaysai_18) August 14, 2021

So the #England crowd is at it again throwing corks at #KLRahul. Virat as usual leads the way in taking charge of the situation. Shame on the folks who threw them. @MichaelVaughan ENG fans need to understand the game more and some classes are needed when it comes to discipline.

— Jairam_010 (@jairamgoud) August 14, 2021

Virat Kohli signaling to KL Rahul to throw it back to the crowd – Terrible from the crowd to throw some things to the players.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 14, 2021

England cricket fans at Lords throwing champagne corks at KL Rahul. 🤷🏽‍♂️#ENGvIND

— Akshay Vara (@ThatGuyAkshay) August 14, 2021

Someone from the crowd have thrown an object at KL Rahul standing near the boundary. Disgusting. #ENGvIND #IndvsEng #INDvENG

— Thala (@ThanduMadurai) August 14, 2021

Cork thrown at KL Rahul. Absolutely uncalled for @HomeOfCricket . This series has been played in the right spirit so far. #ENGvsIND

— Debasis Sen (@debasissen) August 14, 2021

Wine bottle cork being thrown at kl rahul, the brits showing they're no different from aussies #INDvENG

— De niro (@sanghideniro) August 14, 2021

Crowd at Lord's chucking bottle corks at KL Rahul fielding at boundary. @ECB_cricket needs to oversee security checks it! #ENGvIND

— Arani Basu (@AraniBasuTOI) August 14, 2021

Crowd had thrown cork on KL Rahul…..
Virat kohli saying to throw back to them hardly

— Superman ⚡ (@Viratchaos) August 14, 2021

English crowd being english crowd. #IndvsEng #KLRahul

— Gautam Roy 🇮🇳 (@neeche_se_1st) August 14, 2021

Pathetic from the English fans throwing stuff at kl Rahul on the boundary. Anyone who does that tomorrow while I'm at lord's can expect a knuckle sandwich #ENGvIND

— Dan the man's fans (@DanGoatLawrence) August 14, 2021