The fifth T20I between India and South Africa was canceled due to rain on Sunday in Bangalore. Only 3.3 overs were played in the match and during that time India had managed to post 28/2 with Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad in the hut. However, more than the cricketing action, it was an incident involving Gaikwad that caught the eye, and netizens were left furious.
The incident happened during the rain break when Gaikwad was sitting in the dugout.
A video has gone viral of a gardener trying to take a selfie with the batter. It was then that Gaikwad was seen asking the gardener to keep his distance and then looked away.
Very bad and disrespectful gesture by Ruturaj Gaikwad. Sad to see these gardeners being treated like this pic.twitter.com/Qj6YoXIPUa
— Akshat (@ReignOfVirat) June 19, 2022
The act left Twitter unimpressed and many took to the platform to call it “disrespectful”.
Very bad and disrespectful gesture by Ruturaj Gaikwad. Sad to see these gardeners being treated like this #RuturajGaikwad pic.twitter.com/jIXWvUdqIX
– Arnav (@imarnav_904) June 19, 2022
People advocating for rituraj gaikwad need to understand that field men are also protected from COVID.
It is clear that the ruturaj do not deserve to play at the highest level. Ashamed.
— Sir Dinda²⁶⁴ (@ReallyDinda) June 19, 2022
Ruturaj Gaikwad disrespects Groundsman. This arrogance and attitude is a very bad man. Learn to respect people first.
And no organic bubble this series.
pic.twitter.com/yux4fGq26a— Vicky Shinde (@iamshinde83) June 19, 2022
Ruturaj Gaikwad shows attitude while taking a selfie with a ‘hands on man’, no one can treat everyone equally like Rohit Sharma #INDvSA #IndvsSa pic.twitter.com/Y2IEDsJShj
– ???? Ctrl C + Ctrl Memes 45 (@Ctrlmemes_) June 19, 2022
Worst Behavior Ruturaj Gaikwad. They are unsung heroes and to treat them like this is very disrespectful. https://t.co/rxaNZoYuWe
— FOXER ᴮᵉᵃˢᵗ (@FOXER_Offl) June 19, 2022
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Match no. 5
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Game delayed due to rainWhy the hell is Ruturaj Gaikwad behaving like this with the ground staff? Just for a selfie, he is arrogant towards him. This kind of behavior is truly unacceptable in the gentleman’s game. pic.twitter.com/A1sjqnMQu7
—Jeet Singh (@jeet_singh070) June 19, 2022
In the fifth and final T20I, Gaikwad only managed to score 10 runs before returning to the clubhouse in the fourth round of heats. Lungi Ngidi fired the batter.
In the entire series, Gaikwad only recorded a fifty and he came on the third T20I in Vishakhapatnam.
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The right-handed hitter recorded 96 runs in five games, including 57 in the third T20I.
India next face Ireland in a two-game T20I series, starting June 26.
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