Kanpur: Amidst the ongoing 1st Take a look at match between India and Unique Zealand at the Inexperienced Park Stadium in Kanpur, a video showing a man talking on the phone and supposedly chewing `tobacco` went viral and garnered the total attention on Thursday.
The person became as soon as identified as Shobit Pandey, popularly identified as `Gutkha Man`, who is a resident of Maheshwari Mahol in Kanpur.
Pandey, on Friday, all over again came to stare the Take a look at conflict at the Inexperienced Park Stadium with a placard which read- “Eating tobacco is a incorrect behavior”, in Hindi.
Pandey changed into a centre of jokes, as he became as soon as trolled online and even identified personalities like Dr Kumar Vishwas and former Indian batter Wasim Jaffer shared memes about him on Twitter.
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Talking to ANI, Shobit Pandey said, “First of all, I’d opt to define that I wasn`t eating tobacco. I became as soon as eating betel nut and became as soon as on call in with my pal, who became as soon as also looking at the match in the equal stadium however in a outlandish stand.”
“It became as soon as factual a call of practically ten seconds and it went viral. My pal whom I became as soon as talking to became as soon as the one who broke the news to me that the video has long gone viral. It went like a fire,” he added.
He further said the ideal part which is bothering him is that his sister, who had accompanied him at the stadium and became as soon as also seen in the viral video, is receiving noxious feedback from some of us.
“I didn`t elevate out something else inappropriate, for that reason I’m not disquieted or embarrassed about this. I’m factual concerned that some of us are passing noxious feedback about my sister. And on the loads of hand, I’m getting a gigantic replace of calls from media homes and diverse of us relating to your total scenario and now I’m getting annoyed,” said Pandey.
Coming to the Take a look at match, Unique Zealand dominated India on the 2nd day of the main Take a look at match in Kanpur on Friday.
Tim Southee became as soon as one in every of the protagonists for company as he scalped 5 wickets that helped Unique Zealand to bundle India for 345 on Day 2.
Kiwis then persisted to indulge in an pleasing day as they ended on 129/0 after an unerring opening stand between Will Younger and Tom Latham.The company are currently trailing by 216 runs. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer hit his maiden ton ahead of Unique Zealand bundled India out for 345.
