The game of cricket has given us plenty of cherishable moments whether it’s about winning the World Cup or about those lighter moments during games, the sport has truly been one of the most joyous additions to our lives. In between all of this, many times we’ve come across such moments during the game which has literally left us in splits.
From players chasing the ball shirtless to getting injured while celebrating, the game has provided some of the most embarrassing we’ve ever seen take place on the cricket field. As a result, today we take a look at 5 such embarrassing moments that happened on the cricket field.
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Let’s take a look at 5 such Embarrassing Moments that left us in splits:
1. Rohan Mustafa Caught Chasing The Ball Shirtless
The incident took place in the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 League. Abu Dhabi fielder Rohan Mustafa was seen changing jersey at the ropes while a ball raced past him to the boundary.
The incident took place during the day’s second game between Team Abu Dhabi and Northern Warriors. In the second innings, when Nicholas Pooran’s Warriors were chasing 124 runs, Rohan Mustafa was caught shirtless. The experienced campaigner was seen changing his jersey when the ball went past him for a boundary. Pooran, who was sitting in the dugout, couldn’t control his laughter.
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2. Hasan Ali Injures Himself While Celebrating
Celebration trademarks have been in and around the cricketing world since a long while, be it David Warner’s fist pump or Virat Kohli’s after century celebration. We tend to remember such celebrations since they’ve become so iconic after having repeated by the players multiple times.
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Similarly, Pakistani Fast bowler Hasan Ali’s celebration is one of its kind. every time the pacer picks up a wicket, he does his trademark ‘Bomb’ celebration which is injury prone. During Pakistan’s tour of Zimbabwe in 2018, Hasan Ali injured his neck after performing his own celebratory move after picking up a wicket. The celebration was so harmful to Hasan Ali that it resulted in him getting ruled out for the next two matches of the series.
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3. Shahid Afridi Ignoring a handshake during the presentation ceremony
Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi has had his moments on and off the field, as much as Shahid Afridi is known for his cricketing antics, even off the field he’s known for his charity work in Pakistan. But talking about moments, Shahid Afridi once had a pretty embarrassing moment where he denied a girl’s handshake who was presenting him with the award.
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It happened during the 2014 series between Pakistan and New Zealand in UAE when Ramiz Raja called upon Shahid Afridi to receive an award which was being presented for a female, too much surprise Afridi just collected the award and completely ignored the handshake which was being offered by the person.
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4. Usman Khawaja’s decides to change abdominal guard on the field
This is the most recent incident that took place during an encounter between Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat when Usman Khawaja decided to change his abdominal guard right on the field during the match. It all started when Usman Khawaja was facing discomfort while batting which is why he asked his teammate from the dugout to get him a spare guard.
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The scene looked animated as a player from the dugout ran on the field with the guard in his hand, after which Usman Khawaja was taking off his pads, shoes, trousers leaving all the viewers in the splits.
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5. Glenn Maxwell Leaves a straight delivery from Ryan Duffield
The first thoughts that come to our mind when we talk about Glenn Maxwell is his aggressive batting approach having the ability to clear the field with almost ease. But despite all the reputation Maxwell has been carrying along for years, there was one instance when he was seen leaving a straight delivery which later became very embarassing for Maxwell.
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It happened during a BBL game between Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat when bowler Ryan Duffield bowled a straight in swinging delivery to Maxwell, to which Maxwell stepped down the track and had a brain fade moment as he decided to let the ball go which resulted in him getting cleaned up.
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