With the growing popularity of cricket in recent times, player to viewer interaction has taken a tremendous rise as back in the 1980s-1990s we wouldn’t have expected so much interaction being made by players towards its fans. With the number of Tv shows, podcasts and interviews coming into the play, each player is always in talks for the statement he or she makes.
At times these one-liners go on to make headlines in the general public. From MS Dhoni to Dwayne Bravo, every player has said some of the others which have caught our grueling attention in the past. This is why today we take a look at five such funny statements made by cricketers in the recent past.
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Let’s take a look at five such funny statements made by cricketers:
1. Dwayne Bravo’s Hilarious Reason For Starting To Play-Cricket
Dwayne Bravo is one of the greatest T20 all-rounders the game has seen, having captained the West Indies side in the past to now just playing franchise cricket we’ve seen it all from the man from the Caribbean. But have you ever wondered that we would’ve never seen Dwayne Bravo play had his sports teacher not been good looking? sounds funny right? but this is nothing but the ultimate truth.
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During an interview, Dwayne Bravo revealed how he had no intentions of playing cricket but started playing the sport only cause his sports teacher was good looking or else he would’ve gone on to become a singer.
“I never wanted to be a cricketer. I wanted to be a singer, I started playing cricket because our sports teacher was hot.”
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2. James Anderson Reveals First Impression Of Stuart Broad
The duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson is by far one of the greatest bowling pairs the sport has ever seen. Both Broad and Anderson have picked up taken more than 1100 wickets together making them one of the most destructive bowling duos in International cricket.
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Though now with England’s rotation policy coming into play, we don’t see much of Broad and Anderson together but all these years the two have been an absolute delight to watch. If we all recall Stuart Broad’s entry into international cricket, he sported blonde flowing hair though now he sports a short haircut in relevance to this James Anderson once revealed his first meeting with Broad.
“The first time Stuart Broad walked into the dressing room, with his flowing blond hair, striking blue eyes and perfect figure, I thought: ‘My God, she’s beautiful.
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3. MS Dhoni hails Sir Ravindra Jadeja
Ever since Ravindra Jadeja started turning up for the Chennai Super Kings, the friendship between Dhoni and Jadeja grew upwards. Moreover, the then Indian skipper would often tweet about Jadeja referring to him as ‘Sir Jadeja’.
Once after Jadeja caught a catch while playing for India, Dhoni put out his touches of humour via a Tweet saying Jadeja doesn’t catch the ball but the ball itself lands in Jadeja’s hands.
Sir jadeja doesn't run to take the catch but the ball finds him and lands on his hand
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) April 9, 2013
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4. Andre Russell Reveals The Reason For His Frequent Injuries
Andre Russell is by far one of the most destructive hitters of the ball the sport has ever seen. Russell’s fearless ability to strike the long ball right from ball one often results in absolute carnage as once Russell Muscle starts scoring, it gets extremely for the opposition to stop him.
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But over the years, we’ve seen Russell struggle with knee injuries, which has resulted in him cutting down his bowling time and mainly focusing more on his batting. In relevance to his recurring knee injuries, Andre Russell had a funny take to it as to why his lower body is prone to injuries.
“I used to go to the gym and just work only on my abs and my shoulders because I wanted to look sexy for the girls. At the end of the day being sexy and then your legs being weak, don’t work,” he said.
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5. Rameez Raja’s Confusing Statement On Hafeez and Jamshed
Rameez Raja having represented the Pakistan national side at the highest level began his second innings in the field of cricket as a commentator. The opening batsman is renowned to be the first ODI cricketer to given out obstructing the field in 1987 against England.
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Though keeping all things aside, Rameez Raja once made an extremely confusing comment involving Mohammed Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed which left all the viewers watching in splits. Here’s what he said:
“Hafeez is pushing smoothly. His partner Jamshed is satisfied today.”
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