Usually, after a player wins a medal, we see an image of him or her biting it. While this image is often seen in the Olympics, it is recently happening in cricket, as well. Here, we take a look at the exact reason why players bite their medals after winning it.
There is always a background for almost anything that happens on a cricket field or outside of it. After the Indian victory at the 2024 T20 World Cup, many researched about this aspect of the celebration.
Why do the players bite their medals?
As we all know, at the Olympics, winning a Gold Medal is a brilliant accomplishment. Gold is a soft and malleable metal. In the past, to check if the gold is original or not, the players used to bite their medals. If their teeth marks were left on it, it meant that the Gold was indeed original.
Of course, these days, the intention is not to check the originality of the gold. It is more about the tradition of this form of celebration that has passed through to the current generation.
It forms an iconic image
Nevertheless, even some of the photographers insist players of athletes pose this way after winning their medals. It does form an iconic image that goes into the history books.
After Team India won the recent 2024 T20 World Cup, many Indian cricketers posed this way. While the likes of Rishabh Pant event posted a picture, other such as Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav posed this way on the field.
