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'Free Palestine': Pitch invader interrupts WC final

By REDIFF CRICKET
Last updated on: November 19, 2023 18:23 IST
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Virat Kohli tries to shove aside the pitch invader during the ICC World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday

IMAGE: Virat Kohli tries to shove aside the pitch invader during the ICC World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Photographs: X

A pitch invader breached security and ran onto the pitch during the ICC World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

 

The pitch invader, wearing a T-shirt that read 'Stop Bombing Palentine' and 'Free Palestine' and carrying a Palestinian flag, tried to hug Virat Kohli.

The pitch invader tries to catch Virat Kohli 

Security guards quickly came and whisked him off the field.

The man was identified as Wayne Johnson, an Australian of Chinese-Filipino origin.

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