Watch: Mashrafe Mortaza hugs a fan who streaked in the middle of the game

Everything was going pretty normal in the Bangladesh vs Afghanistan 3rd ODI. Bangladeshi pacer Taskin Ahmed who had already scalped a couple of wickets for 26 runs in his 6.2 overs was running in as Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan stood in front of the stumps batting on 5 runs. But as Taskin approached the bowling crease and was just about to finish his action, the umpire intervened to stop him and declared it a no ball. Most of the viewers were surprised as to what was happening since nothing unusual appeared on their television screens but when the angle widened one could notice a fan running in towards skipper Mashrafe Mortaza.

Mortaza was shocked at first but when the fan extended his arms and gestured that all he wanted was a hug, the Bangladeshi captain was all grounded by his wish. He shook his hand, hugged him and by that time the security personnel who were probably fast asleep (which paved way for something like that to happen) got into action as one after other they ran towards Mashrafe and the boy.

But by then the cricketer who is without a doubt one of the most loved in the country had developed a liking for the boy, for his innocence may be or for how he made his way through the layers of security all the way into the ground to hug him. He looks like a die-hard fan as nobody else would invite so much trouble.

Mashrafe on his part shielded him and prevented the security guys from grabbing him and tried to convince them to take it easy and not to consider it an offence as all he wanted was to get a hug from the cricketer. He almost took him to the boundary and by then at least a dozen men concerned with the security were there.

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Even while they took him away, he could be seen telling them, gesturing to leave him alone as he hadn’t caused nuisance though had definitely hindered the game which was stopped due to all that. Not sure of what happened thereafter but the cricketer would have definitely won over his fans with the kind hearted we usually don’t see on the field.

Watch: Mashrafe Mortaza hugs a fan who streaked in the middle of the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCDgMK99u3w