Some interesting gestures by players at IPL

Today’s cricketers entertain not only by flashing their bat, or by uprooting the stumps, or by grabbing a great diving catch – they also interact with crowds, sending ‘ positive messages’ by indicative gestures!!

Some interesting signals from players seen in the course of IPL history.

Spirit of cricket - Raina's heartwarming gesture

https://www.iplt20.com/video/102482/spirit-of-cricket-raina-s-heartwarming-gesture

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Krunal Pandya has been one of the biggest finds of 2016 IPL.

It is not every day that Martin Guptill finds himself overshadowed by his partner, but such was the form Krunal was in. The all-rounder celebrated his half-century, his first in the IPL, by jumping in the air and gesturing towards the dugout. He pointed towards his biceps, a gesture he later said was meant for his brother Hardik.

He was also seen taking a stance resembling that of Sachin Tendulkar in the middle of the pitch to mark the occasion.

A challenge thrown to a brother, and a tribute to the greatest Indian batsmen ever !

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Chris Gayle announces arrival of baby girl

Chris Gayle’s special way of celebrating his first IPL 50 of the season

It has been an unusual IPL season for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Chris Gayle. In his first five matches of the season, he could not get into double digit scores.

Gayle reached his first half-century of the season, and dedicated his celebration to his recently born first daughter, significantly called ‘Blush’. Gayle was seen cradling his bat in his huge arms – a tender moment in the middle of a spell of ferocious shots being hit in every direction.

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A moment of humour between Bravo and Holder

Over all the seasons of the IPL, one of the most interesting things to note has been the rapport between international teammates while representing different franchise teams. Kings XI Punjab’s Kyle Abbott was seen apologising to AB de Villiers after having got his wicket – the two of them had dinner the night before, as the bowler explained later.

During Thursday’s one-sided match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Lions, there was a funny encounter between two West Indies teammates. Jason Holder came out to bat with his team in trouble and needing a big contribution from him, only to face one of the best death overs bowlers, Dwayne Bravo.

Holder managed to dispatch Bravo for a six and a four, but perished on a third attempt, holing out to Aaron Finch at mid-off. Bravo broke out into the famous ‘Champion’ dance right in front of the batsman, the jig which the entire Windies team had made famous during the World T20, and has since been the flavour of the season.

Holder had a wry smile on his face as he light-heartedly pushed Bravo out of the way, producing smiles all around. It was a bad moment in the game for KKR, but Holder showed he can rise above the moment in reciprocating to the spirit of the ‘champion’ send-off.

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Kohli’s superhuman form makes him forget pain

Kohli points to his injured hand after reaching his 4th IPL ton of the season

Virat Kohli is playing like a man possessed lately. Bowlers and fielders cannot do a thing to stop him, and neither can physical pain. As could be seen in the rain-curtailed RCB vs KXIP match, when he became the only cricketer to score a century in a 15-over match, Kohli can conquer pain and then point to it and laugh.

Kohli was scripting history with his 4th ton of the season, and he was doing it with 7-8 stitches on the webbing of his left hand.

He had picked up a ghastly injury while fielding against KKR in the previous match, but had said that he did not care about the number of stitches he needed as long as his team won. He showed on Wednesday that he is true to his words, facing bowlers with his left hand in the firing line, and yet hitting shots with abandon.

As he reached his century, he pointed with his right hand to his left glove, under which lay pain which would have sidelined any other player. The RCB captain, however, could be of a new bionic breed of batsmen.