T20 World Cup 2022: Top 5 bowling celebrations to watch out for
Former pacers like Shoaib Akhtar, Brett Lee, and Dale Steyn among others brought the art of celebrating a dismissal into fashion and a lot of present-day cricketers tend to celebrate in style.
1. Shaheen Afridi
Shaheen Afridi’s celebration is akin to former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi’s iconic celebration. The young pacer blows a flying kiss before putting his hands up in the air to celebrate after picking up a wicket.
Even though he’s someone very calm and composed, the celebration is his way to bid goodbye to the batter. Now, this is also something that the legendary Shoaib Akhtar took notice of and criticised the cricketer for doing so. He asked the pacer to at least pick five or six wickets before hitting the celebration as it seems meaningless to him (Shoaib) otherwise.
The 22-year-old didn’t pay much heed to Shoaib's statement and has continued hitting the celebration each time. Now, returning back from injury, Pakistan would hope to see him do it again as the Men in Green eye their second T20 World Cup title. Meanwhile, the speedster has played 40 T20Is for Pakistan and picked up 47 wickets at an economy of 7.75.
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