At around 4:40 pm, 20 minutes from close of play, a silver grey Wagon R suddenly drove onto the field of play with Uttar Pradesh batting in their second innings.
The man, who identified himself as Girish Sharma, tried to swerve his car twice on the 22-yard strip before stopping, an eyewitness told PTI.
It was learnt that the main gate of the Airforce ground, which only allows entry of cars after proper checking remained open with the security not in his position.
International players like Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma and Rishabh Pant were present on the ground when the incident took place.
The security personnel at the ground swung into action after this and closed the gate in order to stop the man from fleeing.
The allegedly inebriated man was first detained by the Airforce Police before being handed over to the Delhi Police for interrogation.