Die-hard cricket fans literally plan their travel according to cricket matches, so they never miss out on it. But what do fans do if they are on a flight, 35,000 feet mid-air? Simple, they ask the pilot! We aren’t kidding. A passenger (who’s a cricket fan) on an IndiGo flight asked the crew about the cricket match score. Here’s what happened.
Passenger Asks IndiGo Crew For India-South Africa Cricket Match Updates
Twitterati, Vikram Garga, took to the microblogging site to share a heartwarming incident on an IndiGo flight. The cricket fan requested the IndiGo crew for a score update of the match between India and South Africa in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2022. You’d be surprised to know what happened next.
India lost today but @IndiGo6E won my heart. Pilot sent a note mid air when requested for score update.#momentsthatmatter pic.twitter.com/XngFXko63T
— Vikram Garga (@vikramgarga) October 30, 2022
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Pilot Scribbles Score Update On Tissue Paper & Gives It To Fan
He received a score update from none other than the IndiGo pilot. The pilot scribbled the match score on tissue paper and sent it to the passenger. Vikram wrote in his tweet “India lost today but @IndiGo6E won my heart. Pilot sent a note mid air when requested for score update.” He posted a picture of the score update—SA 33/03, 6 overs, IND 133/9 — written on an IndiGo tissue paper.
Vikram Garga’s tweet since shared, garnered over 115 retweets and 975 likes. Netizens hailed the IndiGo pilot for the heartwarming gesture and called it epic. Others noticed how pleasant gestures on flights don’t get highlighted on social media. Instead, negative instances get amplified. IndiGo replied to Vikram Garga’s tweet. The airline stated “Hi. we’re glad to see this. We wish to see you on board soon again.~Vaishali”
These pleasant gestures don't get highlighted yet any negative incident gets amplified .Im sure there is a lot of hardwork behind the scenes which we don't get to know to keep the ball rolling which are taken for granted as passengers. They all need a shout out for the good work.
— MukherG (@MUKHSPEAKS) October 31, 2022
Well, this proves that cricket fever still carries over even 35,000 feet above. Do you have any such special cricket stories? Let us know in the comments section below.
News Source: Hindustan Times
Cover Image Courtesy: @vikramgarga/ Twitter and Wikimedia Commons