Imran Tahir, the South African cricketer who is presently playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has a quite emotional and passionate way of celebrating whenever he takes a wicket.
After getting the wicket, he runs towards one of the ends of the field with arms wide open, sometimes he thumps his chest as well and makes an impression as if he is going to roar like a lion.
Check out the style of his celebration:
The @ChennaiIPL win by 80 runs and are now the table toppers in the #VIVOIPL Points Table 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/LBXa118JlK
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 1, 2019
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In yesterday’s match against Delhi Capitals (DC), the South African spinner once again shined for his team CSK as he took 4 wickets and gave only 12 runs in 3.2 overs. He sent these DC batsmen back to pavilion – Rishabh pant (5), Axar Patel (9), Sherfane Rutherford (2) and Amit Mishra (8).
Imran has taken the highest wickets (21) for CSK in the 13 matches that he has played in this season and he sits at the second spot in the IPL overall list of the highest wicket takers after Kagiso Rabada who has taken 25 wickets for Delhi Capitals (DC).
While talking during the presentation ceremony about the celebration style of Imran Tahir, CSK skipper MS Dhoni told Harsha Bhogle that he and Watson don’t run after him to congratulate.
This is so because he runs towards the different end so they both prefer to wait for him as the good part is that he comes back to the original point. When he comes back, they congratulate him.
Watch The Video:
When Imran Tahir celebrates his wicket, Watson and I wait for him to return to his position and then congratulate 😅😅 – MS Dhoni pic.twitter.com/whVQ3lOBfA
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 1, 2019
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This is what Dhoni can be seen saying in the video,
“It’s great fun to watch Tahir celebrate. But we have made it very clear that me and Watson we are never coming to him once he gets a wicket, because more often he runs to the other side. For me and Watson it’s a bit difficult when you are not 100% fit. Why to go over there and congratulate. The good thing is he finishes his lap and comes back to the same place. So that’s the time we say, ‘yeah, very well done.. well bowled’ and we go back to our fielding positions.”
CSK defeated DC by 80 runs in the yesterday’s match as batting first, the former scored 179/4 in the allotted 20 overs but DC shattered even before reaching the three figure mark and lost the match by a huge margin of 80 runs.
Well that is quite a great way to celebrate and we are sure that we will get to see more celebrations from Imran Tahir since CSK is already in the playoffs.