The Windies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell is one of the few players, who will be remembered for his celebrations. His Army salute has already garnered enough craze in the youngsters and people would love to see him repeat such staff. But, during the game between India and Windies, Indian bowler Mohammed Shami mocked the lanky fast bowler with the same celebration.
After bowling brilliantly against Afghanistan, on Thursday, Shami was on fire again as he finished with 4 for 16 to rock West Indies and knock them out of the semi-finals race. In a funny moment, after Chahal snapped up Cottrell, Mohammed Shami imitated the West Indian pacer.
The Indian skipper Virat Kohli has displayed a similar celebration following his wicket when Yuzvendra Chahal got him. Not only Virat Kohli but also Mohammed Shami too marched and gave a salute to the Windies fast bowler, who is known for that kind of celebrations.
Great Fun, Great Bowling – Sheldon Cottrell
Although several spectators of the game felt Shami’s actions were in bad taste and disrespectful to his army, Cottrell felt otherwise. Taking the gesture in his stride and Cottrell chose to see the lighter side and himself took to Twitter to clear the air and ensure there was no further ruckus on it.
“Great fun! Great bowling. Nakal Karna Hi Sabse Badi Chaploosi Hai,” Cottrell, wrote in his tweet.
Great fun! Great bowling. Nakal Karna Hi Sabse Badi Chaploosi Hai ? https://t.co/PTuoGJciM7
— Sheldon Cotterell (@SaluteCotterell) June 28, 2019
Chasing a moderate total, wickets kept on falling at regular intervals. No West Indian batsman had an answer to Indian bowlers’ onslaught. Sunil Ambris and Nicholas Pooran showed some resilience by building a 55-run partnership. But after they were gone, the rest of the batters fell like ninepins.
However, it was a brilliant game for India. They crushed West Indies by 125 runs at Old Trafford on Thursday. It made them to inch one step closer to the semi-finals of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. India now has 11 points while West Indies with 3 points from 7 matches are out of the semi-finals race.