West Indies captain Rovman Powell got injured while trying to save a 5-year-old ball boy at the edge of the boundary area on Sunday, 26 March. Powell, while chasing a ball towards the boundary avoided a potentially catastrophic collision and chose to get hurt himself.
The incident occurred in the third over of the South Africa chase when Quinton de Kock hit the ball towards the long off boundary. Powell gave the ball a chase and was inside the dive length to pull the ball back into the field before it touched the boundary.
SPIRIT OF CRICKET – Rovman Powell puts his body on the line and nearly injures himself instead of crashing into two little ball boys. Top humanitarian effort by the WI Captain! pic.twitter.com/KNNWcR5Jpg
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) March 26, 2023