Sydney Cricket Ground: 'Stop Adani' protestors barge into ground holding placards

The protestors carried placard against Adani Group which read, "NO $1B ADANI LOAN"

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27 Nov 2020, 10:42 am

Sydney: Two protestors on Friday barged into the Sydney Cricket Ground, the first ODI (One Day International) between India and Australia.

The protestors carried placard against Adani Group which read, "NO $1B ADANI LOAN"

The front of the protestor's T-shirt displayed "StopAdani Take Action".

The protestors during India vs Australia 1st ODI were denouncing India's Adani Group's coal project in Australia.

Stop #Adani protest at the cricket - calling on State Bank of India not to fund Adani's Australian coal mine to the tune of $1 billion (following recent media reporting that this deal is currently underway) #AUSvIND https://t.co/KBORZ7gXKJ
— Sophie McNeill (@Sophiemcneill) November 27, 2020

One of them intruded into the stadium and ran close to the pitch when Indian pacer Navdeep Saini was gearing up for his run-up to the bowl of the sixth over of the Australian inning.

WATCH: Video of two #StopAdani supporters taking the grounds to protest @TheOfficialSBI's plans to give @AdaniOnline a $1bn (5000 crore) Indian taxpayer loan for Adani's Carmichael coal project #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/NhY3vPN0HM
— Stop Adani (@stopadani) November 27, 2020

Some protestors by the name of 'Stop Adani' were spotted outside the Sydney Cricket Ground before the match started.

"Millions of Indian taxpayers who are watching the first game of the Indian cricket tour have a right to know that the State Bank of India is considering handing their taxes to a billionaire's climate-wrecking coal mine," a statement from Stop Adani read.

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