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Players who play for their country in international cricket will give their best and fight with all their might to win. Players who work hard with hard efforts to win it will express their feelings in some actions when they win on the field. It is customary for batsmen, especially those who score centuries, to lift their helmets and bowlers to celebrate every time they take a wicket.
But some players will express their feelings differently from others at important moments like a wicket or a century as a reward for their hard work. Eventually it becomes familiar to the fans and becomes their style. Some players also have some back story behind it. So let’s take a look at the players who celebrate differently when scoring a wicket or a century in international cricket and the reasons behind it:
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5. Sheldon Cottrell: He is from West Indies and has been playing international cricket for that team since 2019. A left-arm fast bowler, he salutes the batsmen every time he takes a wicket.
Initially, his fans criticized him for being arrogant. But after actually serving in the Jamaican army before cricket, he announced that he would do so when he took a wicket in his memory and all the fans applauded him and accepted the celebration wholeheartedly.
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4. Tabriz Shamsi: He is a spinner from South Africa who has been performing so well that he is in the top 10 list in T20 cricket. After taking wickets, he would perform some magic on the field as if it were common for spin bowlers to perform magic and take wickets.
Tabriz Shamsi calling his friend???? #PAKvSA pic.twitter.com/8Zq3wDYrTX
— Usama Memon (@UsamaMemon_1) April 10, 2021
What was different was that he celebrated every wicket by taking off his shoe and talking on the phone with it on. When Indian player Shikhar Dhawan got out in 2019, the fans who saw him do so for the first time criticized Dhawan as humiliating. But Rasi van der Dussen said after the match that he would not forget another South African’s help from Imran Tahir during the early stages of his career by telling him on the phone when he took a wicket. After all, he has kept that as his style.
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3. Hassan Ali: In a situation where explosions are commonplace in Pakistan, all-rounder Hasan Ali, who plays for the country, celebrates every time he takes a wicket, thinking of himself as a bomb that has emptied the batsman.
That iconic Hasan Ali Celebration pic.twitter.com/moZ56KLTcV
— Mukhesh ???? (@mukhesh17_) March 9, 2022
But he did it so seriously in one match that he got taunted by the fans as he left with an injury. After that, he said that the doctor told him to avoid such celebration, and he continues to do it because he feels inspired by doing so.
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2. Shikhar Dhawan: India’s star left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan is credited with bringing India a lot of success over the years. Even when he is out, he smiles and twirls his moustache, like his style of walking in the field while fielding, he taps his thigh and raises his hand towards the sky to celebrate.
Did Pakistan cricketer Sajid Khan copy Shikhar Dhawan’s ‘thigh-five’ celebration? https://t.co/y7YBNMruYE pic.twitter.com/oB4Fu2K0E4
— Marge Maarnewale (@margemaarnewale) February 21, 2022
That style is very popular not only with fans but also with Indian players like Virat Kohli. Shikhar Dhawan once asked what was the reason behind the celebration and said that he likes to do it when some players win in the famous kabaddi series in India.
1. KL Rahul: He has emerged as India’s latest run machine after 2019, surpassing Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in all 3 types of Indian team, and has been contributing to the victories by taking a stable place for himself. In that way usually batsmen take off their helmets and raise their hoods to get applause from the fans when they score a hundred.
But when he scored a hundred in a different way, he would take off his bat and helmet and leave it on the field like a famous football player, covering his ears with his 2 hands and closing his eyes for a few seconds to celebrate. When asked about the details, Rahul made it clear that he was doing so to stop the criticisms against him.
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