Ben Stokes' day out with Jaipur students

It was a hot summer afternoon and every student in the school auditorium was anxiously waiting for the

cricketer Ben Stokes

. The cricketer, sporting a pink T-shirt, reached Gyan Ashram School auditorium in Mansarovar, and was greeted by a huge round of applause by the students.

Cricketer Ben Stokes visited a school in Jaipur (Pankaj Sharma/BCCL)

Ben giving an autograph to his young fan (Pankaj Sharma/BCCL)

Stokes was gifted a pink pagri by the school director Keshav Badaya. The cricketer also gifted the students a pink cap and spent some time interacting with them. School students Naresh, Aryan, Tanishq, Aditya and Krish were on cloud nine. And why not? They got a chance to meet the star cricketer and Rajasthan Royals player.

Lucky students who got RR caps from Ben Stokes (Pankaj Sharma/BCCL)

Shared class IX student Yash Sharma, “He asked us, ‘What is the colour of

Team RR

’. Everyone, including I, raised the hand and luckily, he asked me to reply. As I replied the question, he threw a pink cap with a big smile and also waved at me. I am feeling so proud.” After the Q&A session, a few students also got an opportunity to have Ben’s autographs and got pictures clicked with the celebrity cricketer.