We always talk about how unpredictable the game of cricket. With the introduction of T20 Leagues all around the world, the result is always an uncertain one. But in all this have you ever wondered how unpredictable the man of the match awards can be in the game of cricket?
In past, we have seen things like from tractors to pressure cooker being given as a Man of the Match award in Bangladesh. This time though the Man of the match prize has hit an all-new level.
2.5 Kg Fish given as Man Of The Match Award
Brace yourselves for what you’ll are about to read as you’d never expect being given as a MOTM award by any chance. In Kashmir’s Tekipora Kupwara, the organisers of a cricket league decided to gift the player something really unique, something we would’ve never even imagined. A player was given 2.5 kg Fish as man of the match award.
Also read: Ruturaj Gaikwad Recovers From COVID-19, Joins Practice Session
Surprised right? it didn’t surprise just as but also ended up talking the social media up by the storm for rewarding a player with something like fish. A journalist by the name of Firdous Hassan tweeted this news which left the Twitterati into splits,
“Recently, in a cricket match at Tekipora Kupwara, a 2.5 Kg fish was given as Man of the Match award.”
Recently, in a cricket match at Tekipora Kupwara, a 2.5 Kg fish was given as Man of the Match award. #CricketDhamaka#ESPN #IPL2020 #kashmircricket pic.twitter.com/fQ7VAJ7Gvb
— Firdous Hassan (@FirdousHassan) September 21, 2020
However, Firdous further went on to tweet that such award was given to popularise the league. The organisers did it to highlight the pathetic condition of the ground as the people themselves had to contribute from their own pockets to play on a playable turf.
Also read: IPL 2020: Jimmy Neesham Reacts Hilariously After Yet Another Super Over Loss
“They said the idea of fish was to popularise the league and highlight the pathetic condition of the playground. They said they had to contribute from their own pocket to make a playable turf.”
They said the idea of fish was to populrise the league and highlight the pathetic condition of the playground . They said they had to contribute from their own pocket to make a playable turf.
— Firdous Hassan (@FirdousHassan) September 21, 2020
Well, in the end, this was one of the most hilarious cricket stories you would’ve ever read in the recent past. As fish as a man of the match award is something we would’ve never even imagined.