Five Moments On The Cricket Field That Made Fans Emotional
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Sports are pretty much more than only the competition between the two opponents. Every sports has a lot of emotions attached to it and the beautiful game of cricket is not an exception either. Over the years we have seen quite a number of moments which have turned even the spectators emotional. Recently, Shane Watson made every fan emotional with his bravery in the final of the just-concluded Indian Over the years we have seen quite a number of moments which have turned even the spectators emotional. Recently, Shane Watson made every fan emotional with his bravery in the final of the just-concluded Indian Premier League.
The Chennai Super Kings opener battled with a bloodied knee without telling anyone. He scored a heroic 80 although Super Kings lost the match by 1 run. It was only after the game that Harbhajan Singh revealed the details about the gruesome injury and that Watson needed six stitches. Unsurprisingly, almost every fan became emotional after seeing Watson’s heroics.
So through this article, we take a look at few such incidents that made the entire cricketing world emotional:
1. AB de Villiers crying:
Despite being the perennial favourites, South Africa always find a way to lose in World Cups or any other big tournaments. Well, they did the same in 2015 World Cup when New Zealand grabbed the win from the jaws of defeat. When Grant Elliott, once a South African before switching his allegiance to New Zealand, swung his bat and planted the penultimate delivery of a thrilling game high over wide long on and into the crowd, it sent the Black Caps into the World Cup final for the first time. Unable to hold his emotions, de Villiers was seen crying profusely.
2. Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement:
An era came to an end when Sachin Tendulkar decided to bring an end to his glorious career that spanned over two decades. Almost a generation of the cricket fans had grown up watching the Little Master’s wizardry with the bat and the sight of Tendulkar batting one last time was just too much to fathom. Hailed by many as the God of cricket, Sachin’s career highlights were – 200 Tests, 100 international hundreds, 34357 international runs and much more. He finished his career as the leading run-getter in international cricket, with 34,357 runs across formats — 15,921 in 200 Tests, 18426 in 463 ODIs and 10 in 1 T20 international.
3. Phil Hughes’ death:
The entire world was gripped with sadness when former Australia batsman succumbed to an injury on the cricket field. The left-handed batsman was hit on the back of the his head by a Sean Abbott bouncer and lost his life after a brief fight, sending shockwaves into the entire cricketing fraternity.
4. Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with cancer:
The entire Indian cricket fraternity was still celebrating the World Cup triumph in 2011 when news came out that Yuvraj Singh was diagnosed with cancer. Yuvraj had become the toast of the nation after giving Man of the Tournament performance at the World Cup.
Match after match, he was churning out performances that inched the country closer to the trophy but little did everyone know that with every passing day he was putting his life at stake. A giant tumour, eventually 15cm x 11cm x 13 cm was growing within the southpaw and was pressing against a lung and artery. But he eventually recovered from it and went on to make a fairytale return to the game.
5. James Anderson crying:
Men do cry and James Anderson showed that as emotions got the better of him when he failed to save a Test match for his side against Sri Lanka in 2014. Anderson had to see out just one more delivery to secure a fighting draw for his side but he ended up edging it and Sri Lanka secured a famous draw.
