There are a few cricketers whose we just cannot miss. It can be Imran Tahir”s run, Hasan Ali”s bomb explosion or even Shikhar Dhawan”s pose after he takes a catch. It is just admirable. In that list, there has been a recent addition in the name of Sheldon Cottrell.
Sheldon Cottrell is famous for his salute and no batsman ever wants to be on the receiving end of it. Well anyway, the trademark salute has made him a prominent star. Ironically, there are people who know him more for his salute than his bowling.
The tall Jamaican cricketer is a left arm fast bowler for the West Indies. His sharp swinging left arm angle at a quick pace makes him an X-factor for West Indies bowling. Even in the field, this man has the ability to take stunners. He is real firepower for the West Indies side.
In the game against India, Cottrell took 2 wickets where Hardik Pandya and Mohammad Shami had to receive the salute. Cotrell finished with 10-0-50-2 and India ended up with 268 on the board.
In their chase, the West Indies succumbed to the Indian bowling and were bowled out for 143. They suffered their biggest defeat to India in a World Cup match after losing by 125 runs.
Although the interesting part of their chase came in the 30th over when Sheldon Cottrell was batting. Yuzvendra Chahal bowled a googly to batsman which he could not pick and as a result, he was adjudged LBW.
As a send off, Mohammad Shami returned him his salute. Watch the Shami saluting Sheldon Cottrell.
— Abhishek Gupta (@KrishnaAbhish3k) June 27, 2019
Soon we saw Virat Kohli joined the party as well.
https://twitter.com/roguevirat/status/1144251295957753861
Post match Fox Sports Asia asked whether the salute was ” Blatant disrespect to the Army or just plain fun?” wherein the fans were slamming Mohammad Shami for disrespecting the army while mocking Cottrell.
Sheldon Cottrell retweeted this and wrote “Great fun! Great bowling. Nakal Karna Hi Sabse Badi Chaploosi Hai.” This roughly translates to, copying is the biggest cringeworthy deed.
Great fun! Great bowling. Nakal Karna Hi Sabse Badi Chaploosi Hai 😉 https://t.co/PTuoGJciM7
— Sheldon Cotterell (@SaluteCotterell) June 28, 2019
This comes after Shami copied his celebration and returned it to him. Cottrell”s reply in Hindi is certainly a hilarious one and is something that even took the fans for a great surprise.
Check out our videos here.
For more cricket based content, click hereÂ
For more fitness based content, click here
