Bangladesh cricket team’s ‘super fan’ Tiger Roby was taken to hospital after he had suddenly fallen ill during the second test match played between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur. He was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital by police. Roby is known for travelling to every venue where the Bangladesh cricket team plays its cricket matches.
A video from Kanpur’s Greenpark stadium shared by PTI News shows Roby dressed in a tiger’s attire and sitting on a chair with the Bangladesh flag on his chest. Crowds behind could be heard saying that a mob beat him up. He was then lifted by police personnel and taken to a hospital.
VIDEO | Bangladesh cricket team's 'super fan' Tiger Roby was allegedly beaten up by some people during the India-Bangladesh second Test match being played at Kanpur's Green Park stadium. He was taken to hospital by the police. More details are awaited.#INDvsBAN #INDvsBANTEST… pic.twitter.com/n4BXfKZhgy
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 27, 2024
However, police officials clarified that he wasn’t assaulted at the ground and had only gotten ill.
Kanpur: ACP Kalyanpur Abhishek Pandey on Bangladeshi fan, Tiger Robi's matter, says, "During the cricket match between India and Bangladesh today, a spectator named Tiger suddenly fell ill. When his condition deteriorated, police personnel present at the scene lifted him and… https://t.co/GrORi4gGUD pic.twitter.com/kqXA6ZiTl5
— IANS (@ians_india) September 27, 2024
The Indian cricket team is playing Bangladesh at Kanpur during the ongoing test series between the two nations. In the first test in Chennai, India vanquished the Bangladesh cricket team thanks to a valiant batting effort by local hero, R Ashwin, who racked up his 15th test century and later did his magic with the ball to claim a five-wicket haul and help wrap up the Bangladeshi innings.
Earlier today, members of the Hindu advocacy group VHP demonstrated against the scheduling of the cricket match in Kanpur in the wake of ongoing attacks against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.
