Cricket has a lot of fans around the world. It is arguably the second most popular sport in the world. There are a lot of die-hard fans of the game, who passionately follow the sport regardless of the teams and players involved in a game. Particularly in Asia, there are crazy fans of the game of cricket. For a lot of people, cricket is a part of their life.
Cricket is played in many parts of the world. In the subcontinent region, cricket is a street game, where people from different age groups play casually. Some take the sport seriously and want to pursue it as their career option. The sport has changed the lives of many in various parts of the world. People treat cricket as an emotion in some parts of the world.
Video of an old man shadow batting goes viral
There are instances where the individuals would shadow play ‘imaginary cricket’ among themselves. In fact, there are many fans who do it on a daily basis without their knowledge. Sometimes it might be intentional. But most of the time it would be unintentional. It shows the love of the fans for the sport. One such video of a fan shadow batting has gone viral on the internet.
The viral video has an old man batting in an imaginary situation. The crazy fan imagined himself to be facing a short ball from the bowler. He then played an imaginary pull shot over the fine leg region. The video had the old man celebrating his shot as he thought it to be a six. It is such a wonderful video to watch and shows how cricket has been a part of the lives of people.
The 2023 ODI World Cup is the next big tournament in cricket. Asia Cup will also be played ahead of the big tournament. The schedule for both tournaments is out. While the Asia Cup will be played in August and September, the ODI World Cup will be played in October and November.
Here's how the fans reacted to the video:
Wt a pull shot better than Rohit 🔥💥👑
— Rahul❤️🔥 (@Rahulsoul143) August 5, 2023
Yeh cheez mai bhi karta hu....Magar apne dimaag me...
— sharath chandra (@Syntaxerror3141) August 5, 2023
lit me 😭
— 𝚅𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒 (@VetriVelan_TN76) August 6, 2023
He must have played some good cricket in his days
— Shivaaa (@thebeginning_0) August 5, 2023
That's a great hook man
— Sally Samburg (@SallySamburg) August 5, 2023
He imagined himself in a stadium fully of crowd and he is on 94*
— 𝐀 𝐑 𝐘 𝐀 𝐍 👑 (@Aryan_mishra_14) August 5, 2023
And team need 6 runs to win❤️👑👑👑✨️💫
No ball thi ye 🙂
— 샤생크 ♡❈ (@nectarXsayz_) August 5, 2023
That weight transfer to the backfoot is impeccable
— Govind Kaushik (@catalystkaushik) August 6, 2023
better pull shot player than shreyas iyer
— Vibin Babuurajan 👋 (@vibinbaburajan) August 5, 2023
This is ❤️
— Mehul Fanawala (@MehulFanawala) August 6, 2023