Just before the start of India vs Bangladesh ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match, the official twitter handle of the global cricket tournament shared a funny photo of Indian spinner Yuzvenra Chahal with umpire Marais Erasmus. Cricket World Cup shared the photo in which the Indian bowler was seen pulling cheeks of South African umpire, who is also part of umpire panel of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. IND 172/0(27.4) | India vs Bangladesh Live Cricket Score 40th ODI Match.
Chahal was seen facing the camera while pulling cheeks of Erasmus, and created a perfect funny moment for the cameraman, who appropriately captured the moment on his camera. Have a look at the photo below.
Chahal pulls cheeks
😆 😆 😆 pic.twitter.com/puAKjiPTgu
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 2, 2019
Twitterati were not far behind to come up with replies over the tweet. While some came with funny responses on the post, others were happy to see the sweet relation] between umpires and cricketers as visible in the photo. Have a look at some of the tweets. Rohit Sharma Hits Fourth Hundred in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Equals Kumara Sangakkara’s Record During IND vs BAN Match.
Keep up the fun Chahal.
Our sweepers are better than this chahal I call him ch...
— Dua junejo (@Dua63962510) July 2, 2019
Funny Chahal
That's gold. 😁 Great to see player/umpire relations are great. 👍
— Phil Ion (@PhilIon08584109) July 2, 2019
Give me that cheeks
Chahal dealing with umpire for poor umpiring in his way.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 2, 2019
Umpire-bowler sweet relationship
Chal hi ya CHAWAL ?
— My Name Is خاااااااان 🇵🇸 (@ah_kkhan) July 2, 2019
Hahahahaha
Hahha chahal funny
— Mujeeb Rehman🇵🇰💖 (@MujeebR38646957) July 2, 2019
Chahal checkmates Marais Erasmus
@perksy24 your mate Chahal 🙄
— Joshua Poysden (@JoshPoysden14) July 2, 2019
Meanwhile, India is taking on Bangladesh today in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match. The match is being played at Edgbaston, Birmingham. India had a good start post opting to bat first after winning the toss, as both the openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma reached a 100-run partnership while scoring their individual fifties. Rohit Sharma also hit his fourth century of the tournament, before getting out at 104. While the Indian side looks to fix their semi-final spot with the victory, Bangladesh is aiming to keep their chances of reaching semi-finals alive, which will only happen with Bangladesh's victory against India in today's match.
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