 "Guess who stood in for indisposed South Africa A players? India’s Mandeep Singh")
Anybody who has played ‘gully’ (street) cricket in India knows the feeling of having to field for your opponents when they are a man short. But the last place one expects to see this happen is an international match. But that’s what India A’s Mandeep Singh had to do - field for the visiting South Africa A team and that too with a borrowed jersey. [caption id=“attachment_2385252” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Mandeep Singh in the South African jersey. Image Credit: Twitter @afthab047[/caption] As many as 10 South Africa A cricketers were hospitalised on Sunday after suffering food poisoning in Chennai during the ongoing tri-series involving Australia A. The South Africans were down with a stomach bug before, during and after their match against India A which the home team won. The situation was so bad that, with half of the squad falling ill overnight, South Africa A were forced to field their video analyst Henrikus Coertzen as well as India A’s Mandeep Singh. Mandeep’s South African stint earned him the choicest comments on Twitter as well, as users couldn’t help but see the humor in the situation:
Mandeep Singh, is that you? https://t.co/uAOXNOmmmM
— Pramod Ananth (@pramz) August 9, 2015
Mandeep Singh fielded for South Africa A in today's game..
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 9, 2015
I use to field for opponent teams in Street cricket & dropped many catches 😆
Wonder which dressing room @mandeeps12 headed to after this. Any chance of playing tomorrow for them? 😉 pic.twitter.com/hyHcKIPBhW
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 9, 2015
Impact Shorts
More ShortsWoah Mandeep Singh as a Protean!
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 9, 2015
Last time I remember a player fielding for the opposition was Sachin for Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/1slwYc58bO
Mandeep Singh is fielding?
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) August 9, 2015
Sigh. Nothing has changed in a 100 years.
South Africans have got an Indian to work in their field.
Watch the full video here
(With inputs from IANS)
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