India vs South Africa 4th T20 was held in Lucknow, but due to dense fog the match could not start. Even the toss didn’t happen. In the match held on Wednesday, the toss was to be held at 6:30 pm, but in view of the fog, the umpire decided to postpone it. The umpires inspected the pitch every half hour, which continued till 9:25 pm. After the match was stopped for 3 hours, it finally had to be cancelled. Know the strange reasons for stopping cricket matches in history.
sunlight
Yes, it has happened many times when the match has been stopped due to excessive sunlight. This also happened in the India vs New Zealand match in 2019. In that ODI held at McLean Park in Napier, the sunlight was falling directly on the eyes of the batsmen, due to which the match was halted for half an hour.
flying ants
The match has also been stopped due to flying ants coming onto the field. It happened last year, when the T20 match between India vs South Africa in Centurion was stopped for 30 minutes due to this reason.
car on the pitch
During the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, a person came to the pitch with a car. Despite the refusal of the players and umpire, the person tried to drive the car on the pitch. Gautam Gambhir was also present in this match, who is currently the head coach of Team India. This match took place in Palam.
When the fire brigade reached the stadium
No, there was no fire in the stadium. Rather, Nathan Lyon had burnt the toast, after which an alarm was raised there. This happened during the New South Wales vs Queensland match played in January 2017. After the fire alarm was sounded, the fire brigade reached the stadium.
This also happened during a County Championship match in 2007. Later it was found that the gravy had burnt in the kitchen, due to which the fire alarm was triggered due to the smoke rising. Here the stadium was even evacuated after the alarm was sounded.
When the match stopped because of bees
It was in 2017, when a swarm of bees had come on the ground during the South Africa vs Sri Lanka ODI match in Johannesburg. Because of this the match had to be stopped for more than an hour.
