T20 World Cup 2022: Great timing, tweets Ayushmann Khurrana as pilot delays flight to see India-Pakistan match

India
beat
Pakistan
in
a
high-voltage
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2022
opener
at
the
Melbourne
Cricket
Ground
(MCG)
in
a
nail-biting
last-ball
thriller
on
Sunday
(October
24).

The
last
two
overs
of
the
match
was
so
exciting
that
a
pilot
deliberately
delayed
Mumbai-Chandigarh
flight
to
watch,
tweeted
Bollywood
actor
Ayushmann
Khurrana.

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31
runs
were
needed
off
the
last
two
overs
and
thanks
to
Virat
Kohli’s
brilliance,
the
equation
to
a
very
gettable
16
off
the
final
over.

India
pulled
off
a
famous
win
in
the
last
ball
of
the
game.

Ayushmann
took
to
Twitter
and
informed
his
fans
that
he
watched
the
last
two
overs
of
India’s
inning
inside
the
Mumbai-Chandigarh
flight.

He
revealed
that
the
passengers
on
the
flight
were
glued
to
their
cell
phones,
and
did
not
realise
that
the
cricket
fanatic
pilot
delayed
their
flight
deliberately
by
five
minutes
to
watch
the
last-over
drama
unfolding
at
MCG.

“This
story
is
for
my
future
generations.
I
watched
the
final
two
overs
inside
the
Mumbai-Chandigarh
flight
just
before
taking
off
with
the
passengers
glued
to
their
cell
phones.
I’m
sure
the
cricket
fanatic
pilot
delayed
it
deliberately
by
5
mins,
and
nobody
was
complaining,”
Ayushmann
tweeted.

This
story
is
for
my
future
generations.
I
watched
the
final
two
overs
inside
the
Mumbai-Chandigarh
flight
just
before
taking
off
with
the
passengers
glued
to
their
cell
phones.
I’m
sure
the
cricket
fanatic
pilot
delayed
it
deliberately
by
5
mins,
and
nobody
was
complaining.
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—
Ayushmann
Khurrana
(@ayushmannk)

October
23,
2022

At
Melbourne,
India
had
a
daunting
task
at
hand,
but
Kohli
hit
up
two
strokes
that
will
be
spoken
about
for
a
long
time.

One
was
a
straight-bat
six
over
the
bowler’s
head
and
the
next
was
a
flick
over
fine-leg
under
extreme
pressure.

In
another
tweet,
Ayushmann
added
that
that
passengers
celebrated
the
winning
moment
and
at
that
time,
the
pilot
smartly
started
his
take-off
process.

“Pandya
and
DK
got
out.
Then
came
in
Ashwin.
Coolly
gauged
the
wide
ball.
Well
left.
Scored
the
final
runs.
I’ve
never
witnessed
a
collective
uproar
of
applause
inside
an
aircraft.
All
this
was
happening
while
we
were
full
throttle
on
the
runway.
Great
timing
by
the
flight
captain,”
Ayushmann
added.

Pandya
and
DK
got
out.
Then
came
in
Ashwin.
Coolly
gauged
the
wide
ball.
Well
left.
Scored
the
final
runs.
I’ve
never
witnessed
a
collective
uproar
of
applause
inside
an
aircraft.
All
this
was
happening
while
we
were
full
throttle
on
the
runway.
Great
timing
by
the
flight
captain

—
Ayushmann
Khurrana
(@ayushmannk)

October
23,
2022

For
the
records,
Kohli
became
the
highest
run-scorer
in
T20s
during
his
match-winning
unbeaten
82
off
53
balls
as
the
former
Indian
skipper
took
his
tally
in
the
shortest
format
of
the
game
to
3,794
in
102
innings
at
an
average
of
51.97.

After
the
win
at
MCG,
India
next
take
take
on
the
Netherlands
at
the
Sydney
Cricket
Ground
in
their
Group
1
Super
12s
encounter
on
Thursday
(October
27).