We all have seen countless funny and bizarre incidents unfold on a cricket field, to an extent that nothing surprises us anymore. But every now and then we come across something that blows our mind and makes us wonder how can this happen.

Generally most of the bizarre cricket incidents revolve around bat and ball, but not this, it literally involves a much bigger thing -- a pitch roller. Shocked? We told you it would blow your mind.

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The incident involves a pitch roller and an international cricketer. After a pitch roller went missing, the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association wrote an email to all-rounder Parvez Rasool, asking him to return the roller or get ready to face “police action”.

Rasool is the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play for India and has played for several IPL franchises, including RCB, SRH among others. The all-rounder is perhaps the most well-known cricketer in the union territory and was shocked to receive such an email that accused him of stealing.

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“Today I got a letter stating that I have taken roller from JKCA which is really unfortunate… Let me clarify that I haven’t taken any roller or machine from JKCA. I am a player who is playing cricket. I just want to ask is this the way to treat international cricketer who has given life and soul to J&K cricket. You have an affiliated body in all districts; you should ask them for any JKCA equipment if present in their districts rather than me,” Rassol said in his reply, as reported by The Indian Express.

As the news became viral, fans took to social media and expressed their curiosity. But only a few of them were bothered about finding out if he actually did it or not, the rest of them were more interested in knowing how the hell he was able to pull it off.

Here’s how some of them reacted:

even if one assumes that he did indeed steal the roller, how the ***** hell did he carry it away?

BC koi pen hai kya jo chura lega ,itna bada kaise koi chura sakta hai aur kyu pic.twitter.com/6N7do8DQUW

Vo sab toh thik hai churaya kaise

kuch bhi chal raha hai yaha

BC koi pen hai kya jo chura lega ,itna bada kaise koi chura sakta hai aur kyu pic.twitter.com/6N7do8DQUW

After knowing the other side of the story, we can safely say that it was a clear case of miscommunication between the two parties. In fact, the JKCA wrote a letter marking all the district associations and since Rasool’s name was there in their database he ended up receiving the mail just like everyone else.

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