Proteas captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat at Gauhati Barshapara Stadium on Saturday night.
Rohit-Rahul scored 68 runs in 7 overs in the opening pair. At the end of the seventh over, the South African fielders were seen pointing at Indian batsman Lokesh Rahul and the umpires at the crease.

After a while, the incident was understood. A snake that entered the field of Gauhati! This caused panic among the players of both teams. The game stops. Anyone can be upset in this incident. However, the behavior of the stadium staff did not show disbelief or panic.
From the activities of the field workers, it seems that they are used to these things. Many such incidents have happened before.
Within minutes the snake was caught in their net. The game started again.

Meanwhile, commentator Harsha Bhogle’s eyes rolled overseeing the snake. “This is a first for me,” he tweeted. A second snake enters the field. But the workers were probably ready. Quick action has been taken.

Earlier in the same match, the game had to be stopped at the end of the second over. It was not a snake, but the floodlight went off after bowling 2 overs.

The game was stopped for about 23 minutes in two periods, including the entrance of the snake and the malfunction of the floodlights.
Floodlights going out in playgrounds are not a new phenomenon. The audience has witnessed this happening many times before But in the middle of an international cricket match, the cricket world was shocked by the fact that not a dog, a cat, but a snake entered the field. In this incident, Gauhati Stadium faced shame on the international stage.