40 Superstitions followed by Cricketers

33. Fantasies of Jersey:

Shoaib Akhtar use to wear his Pakistani jersey even while sleeping in early days of his career. Former Indian wicket-keeper Chandrakant Pandit didn’t washed the shirt in which he scored a century as he thought it would wash off some of the luck as well. Gautam Gambhir doesn’t take off his bib (it refers to the jersey wore on top of the shirt). Dilip Vengsarkar didn’t change his jersey even after tasting failure until he made runs in the same. Nikhil Chopra always had yellow or black colour in his clothing in which he bats.

34. Walking style:

Kris Srikkanth always walked right to his partner whenever he came to bat. But, during the 1986-87 Test series final against Pakistan, Gavaskar explored this lucky charm as Gavaskar asked Srikkanth to let him walk on the right side, and Srikkanth obliged as it was Gavaskar’s last test innings and then little master played a brilliant knock.

35. Carrying Photo:

Sourav Ganguly always use to carry the photo of his Guru in his pocket while batting which he regarded as a lucky charm throughout his illustrious career.

36. Love for music:

The Australian skipper Michael Clarke listens to loud music before batting as he considers it as a lucky charm for his game. The Indian ODI openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma keep singing in between the overs to keep themselves relaxed.