40 Superstitions followed by Cricketers

40 Superstitions followed by Cricketers: Cricket is a die-hard game where every player walks on the field with the ultimate aim of glorifying their country on world stage. Why wouldn’t they? Representing your country is the biggest honor and gratified part of one’s lifetime. To increase the performance level, players don’t leave any stone unturned as they are even willing to opt to superstitious stuffs to hold the game in their favor. At least they think so, that’s why apart from working on various facets of the game, they don’t shy away from doing superstitious things which might seem unrealistic, bewildering or freakish to some but it forms an integral part of the self-belief of the players.

Today, we bring you an exclusive list of 40 Superstitions followed by Cricketers:

1. Superstition of Left pad:

Sachin Tendulkar was avidly superstitious and always used to put his left pad first before the right one for fluke. Similarly, Craig Evans, Bill Edrich and Sir Jack Hobbs always put their left pad ahead of the right.

2. Handkerchief superstition:

The fiery Australian Steve Waugh had a characteristic tendency of carrying a red handkerchief in his pocket gifted by his grandmother. The former Indian all-rounder Mohinder Amarnath maintained his blessed trick of having lucky red handkerchief in the pocket while Zaheer Khan always had a yellow handkerchief in his pocket in significant matches.

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3. Change in Jersey number:

It was a trick which Virender Sehwag played before the World Cup 2011 after consulting his numerologist. Viru decided to wear a numberless jersey which paid rich dividends for him while Umar Akmal, after enduring a horrendous run, changed his jersey to No. 3 from the regular 96 on the advice of his Pir (spiritual guru).

4. Sacred black Taweez:

Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharruddin sported black taweez in his neck and use to circle his head twice before taking the strike in the match apart from putting his taweez out of his jersey while batting. Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan have also donned black taweez. Virat Kohli also sported religious black thread in the past.