It was scary, Zampa recalls attack on bus

HYDERABAD: The Australian cricket team left their Indian counterparts rattled in the second T20I with a spirited show in Guwahati on Tuesday. But on their way back after the series levelling win, their joy turned into scare when a rock was thrown at the team bus.

The vehicle was damaged as a glass panel was broken. Though no player was injured, it left the Australian players zapped as it was the second time in two months that their bus was attacked. In September, a rock was thrown at their bus during a Test match in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

DISAPPOINTING

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who accounted for the wickets of MS Dhoni and Kedar Kadhav in the victory said it was a disappointing incident.

“I had my headphones on quite loud and was looking towards the other side of the bus,” Zampa said in a video. “I just heard this loud bang. It was a pretty scary five seconds or so. Our security guard mentioned quite quickly that it might have been a rock. It was a pretty scary incident. You never want those things to happen. It was disappointing.”

Guwahati doesn’t get much cricket as it is, so for one person to do that and to spoil it for the rest of the Indian fans, it’s disappointing. It was a pretty scary incident.

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GUWAHATI FANS APOLOGISE

As the authorities scamper to fix the loopholes and police continue to zero in on the culprits, fans in Guwahati took matters into their own hands to ensure their visitors do not leave the city with bad memories.

Many fans turned up at the Australian team hotel with posters reading ‘Sorry Australia’ — a gesture which is expected to put a smile back on the cricketers from Down Under, who are used to extensive travelling and playing in India.