Recently, the government had organised the second edition of Khelo India Youth Games, with #5MinuteAur as its marketing slogan, which was taken literally by this Kerala groom. A man amid his wedding ceremony left everybody shocked when he asked his bride, “Can You Excuse Me For 5 Minutes?” so that he could go and play foot match.
The man identified as Ridvan is a defender in the FIFA Manjeri team – a Malappuram 7s League-based team. Ridvan faced a very tough choice to select between his marriage ceremony and the football match. Being a responsible players of the team and a big fan of football, Ridvan ended up choosing his game over marriage ceremonies.
Ridvan said to his bride, “Can you excuse me for five minutes,” before rushing to the 7s League football match. which left the bride and families red faced. A shocked bride-to-be then asked Ridvan, “If the game was at noon, would you cancel the marriage for the game?”
Fortunately, his team won the match and he played an integral part behind that win but back in his home everything was not going smooth as the bride and her family were deeply annoyed at Ridvan’s actions.
While the families were quite angry with Ridvan’s actions, the Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Rajyavardhan Rathore was highly impressed with his passion for the game.
Taking to his official Twitter account, Rathore expressed his wish to meet the individual. He tweeted, “Ridvan asked 5 minutes from his bride on his wedding day to play football! What passion! I want to meet him! #5MinuteAur #KheloIndia.”