Cricketers have a habit of engaging in a celebration whenever they take a wicket or achieve a milestone in a match. Fans would have seen star Indian players like KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan celebrate their achievements in unique styles.
While the celebrations performed by the aforementioned names are not that risky, here’s a list of five such cricketers who could have a career-threatening injury if one of their celebration movements ends up in a wrong way.
1. Kevin Sinclair has an out of the world celebration
Kevin Sinclair is a new player of West Indies. He was recently selected in the West Indies Test squad for the upcoming second match against India. Sinclair is an off-spin bowler, and whenever he takes a wicket, he performs a double somersault, which could be dangerous.
1st International Wicket✅
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 3, 2021
1st Somersault with the #MenInMaroon ✅ 🤸🏾
Great start to an international career✅ #SLvWI #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/I2fMf8Sssb
2. Qais Ahmad has a similar celebration
Afghanistan has produced many talented spinners in world cricket. One of them is Qais Ahmad, who played for the Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash League 2019/20. During a match against Sydney Sixers, when Ahmad dismissed Tom Curran, he celebrated in a way that could have hurt him.
That is SPECIAL from Qais Ahmad!
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 20, 2019
The delivery AND the celebration #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/KVltnGrMTH
3. and 4. Hamid Hassan and Fazalhaq Farooqi
Two more Afghanistan players to feature on this list are the team’s fast bowlers Hamid Hassan and Fazalhaq Farooqi. Hamid has two ways of celebrating a wicket. The first is a somersault and the second is the high kick. Both of them could hurt him even if one move is wrong. Fazalhaq Farooqi also celebrated with a High Kick recently.
Hamid Hassan X Fazalhaq Farooqi
— Afghan Atalan 🇦🇫 (@AfghanAtalan1) July 10, 2023
Who did the better 'High Kick' celebration? 🤔#BANvAFG@hamidhassanHH @fazalfarooqi10 pic.twitter.com/cBH6ENKABA
5. Hasan Ali
Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali gives a jerk to his upper body while celebrating his wickets. Nine out of 10 times it seems like a fantastic celebration, but during a match against Zimbabwe, Ali got a little too much excited and hurt his shoulder while performing the celebrations.
BOOM he says😭😭
— ankit 🧣 (@bittwobit) November 11, 2021
We believe in Hasan Ali celebration's supremacy 🤣
g(old)#HasanAli #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/fZJxpOOiEb