10 Cricketers and their superstitions
These players were legends for their country and were superstitious as well.
Lasith Malinga (Kisses the ball before bowling every ball)
Lasith Malinga has been Sri Lanka’s greatest match-winner with the ball in hand. Making his debut in 2004, it was until the 2007 World Cup when every batsman recognized a threat in Malinga. His feat of four wickets in four balls took the world by a storm.
The curly hair, scampered run-up and an uncanny slinging action- we have noticed all these oddities in Lasith Malinga over the years. Along with these Malinga uses a very unique superstition. He kisses the ball every single time he runs up to bowl a delivery. He believes that his gentle puff on the ball will bring him fortunes.
Malinga’s career has been marred with plenty of injuries; therefore, he retired from test cricket in 2010 but not before picking 101 test wickets. The slinga has scalped 338 ODI wickets and 97 T20I wickets to go with 170 wickets in IPL. The 35-year-old has recently taken retirement from ODIs and will be available for T20s. In his last ODI against Bangladesh, Malinga returned with figures of 3/38.
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