Snake slithers onto pitch during Sri Lankan cricket match
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Published 2023-08-01
The Lanka Premier League match between Galle Titans and Dambulla Aura had to be stopped when players noticed an unwelcome visitor on the pitch during the latter’s innings.
One of the Galle Titans bowlers gestured towards the umpire that the snake had slithered onto the pitch after coming over the boundary, with players laughing as they found the funny side of the interruption.
While the species of the snake was unclear, many observers suggested it was a common rat snake, a non-venomous species that while packs a powerful bite does not pose a big risk to humans and is regularly spotted where small rodents are found.
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All Comments (21)
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Snake came to see this brother shakib 😂😂
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Seems like the snake is a rather big fan of the games. He probably went in to meet his favourite player.
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Cricket channel suddenly turned into Discovery channel 😂😂
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The Cricket Ground at Galle is absolutely beautiful. It is said that Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara chose to have a summer home nearby, because he loves the beauty of the field so much!
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The Snake just wanted its 5min of Fame & it got what it came for 😎
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Nothing worse in life than A snake in the grass
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Bro came to meet shakib🤣
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Its a non poisonous snake which is very common around Sri Lanka.
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I’m glad they made it an official club member. 😂
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he is not much poisonous one 😅
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He just wanted to play :(
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Maybe it was its habitat before it was converted into a cricket pitch.
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Had this been another league we had a team named Cape cobras would have been tiger brand mascot visiting them for a dance in the interval 😂❤🎉
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That's mushfiqar rahim😅😅
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Seems like the snake wants to meet his favourite player 😂
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There was a snake on the pitch during an SA Vs India match
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Didn't know Steve Waugh liked T20 cricket as well 😂
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If u kiss the snake then it turns in a beautiful stepmom
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Charming snake.
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Poor fan had to crawl out to meet them.
