IPL 2025: Kolkata Police arrest Virat Kohli fan gets arrested pitch

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 began with a match between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Both teams’ top-order batsmen wrecked havoc on the bowlers in an intriguing cricket match. The choice made by RCB to bowl first in the match worked out well for them.

Virat Kohli and Phil Salt, who was playing against his old team, had a fantastic partnership that helped RCB win the match by a comfortable seven wickets.

In the first innings, Sunil Narine and captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 103 runs together, but the KKR middle-order was unable to sustain the momentum. With Kohli and Liam Livingstone at the crease to help the team win, they made 174/8, which the RCB chased in 16.2 overs.

When the 36-year-old reached a half-century while RCB was batting, a fan stormed the field. He touched his feet and headed directly to the batter. Being a giving guy, Kohli urged him to stand up and gave him a hug instead. At that point, the authorities entered and removed the intruder from the ground..

What happened to the pitch intruder during the match between KKR and RCB?

The invader was taken into custody by the Kolkata Police shortly after this occurrence. The 18-year-old Virat Kohli devotee, Rhituparno Pakhira, showed no remorse for his behavior. He admitted to the police that he was a devoted follower of Kohli and didn’t give a damn about the potential repercussions. All he wanted was to meet his hero. Reports state that after battling the on-duty police officers, the teenage fan entered the field from the “G Block.”

After bringing the fan to the Maidan police station, Kolkata Police filed a suo moto case against him. Sections 132 (assaulting or employing criminal force against a public servant), 329(3) (criminal trespass), and 125 (acts that risk human life or personal safety by careless or negligent activities) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) are the charges against him.