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Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir on Wednesday (Jan 22) highlighted Pushpa’s celebration again after taking a wicket on the cricket field. The left-arm pacer highlighted the celebration during the match between Desert Vipers and Sharjah Warriorz in the ongoing International T20 League.
Desert Vipers captain Lockie Ferguson won the toss and elected to field first. He handed the new ball to Mohammad Amir and the pacer hit the ground running. He gave his team a good start by taking not only but also two wickets in the first over.
After being hit for a four by Johnson Charles on the third ball, the former Pakistani bounced back in style by dismissing West Indies’ opener on the very next ball. Charles took a big shot and ended up hitting the delivery straight to the fielder at deep square leg. While he got the height on the shot, he couldn’t get the distance.
Dan Lawrence made no mistake in taking the catch. And as soon as he completed the catch, Mohammad Amir pulled off the iconic ‘Pushpa’ celebration, inspired by the Allu Arjun starrer ‘Pushpa’.
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Amir wasn’t done yet. In the last ball of the same over, he dismissed Avishka Fernando for a duck to put his team in the driver’s seat. Later in the third over, Amir took another wicket and celebrated the dismissal by celebrating Pushpa once again. He dismissed Rohan Mustafa for 2 runs in the final ball of the third over.
Watch Mohammad Amir’s Pushpa Celebration:
Mohammad Amir’s Pushpa celebration after taking a wicket. This is very good to see. Pushpa’s mania is unmatched 🇵🇰🇮🇳❤️❤️ #DPWorldILT20 pic.twitter.com/uDYPoTkn4U
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) January 22, 2025
Two wickets in the first for Mohammad Amir as Desert Vipers dominate the powerplay against Sharjah Warriorz!
(via @ILT20Official) #ILT20 pic.twitter.com/OMzFo2JTdg
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 22, 2025
This is not the first time that Mohammad Amir has celebrated a wicket in a game by doing the Pushpa celebration. He had also done the same in 2022 when he picked up a wicket for Gloucestershire against Somerset in the T20 Blast.
Desert Vipers in the driver’s seat:
Desert Vipers are in complete control against Sharjah Warriorz in the ongoing game. After losing two wickets in the first over, the Warriorz could not recover and have continued to lose wickets at regular intervals.
At the time of writing, they were reeling at 63/8 in the 14th over. For the Vipers, Mohammad Amir and Wanindu Hasaranga have been the pick of the bowlers, taking 3 wickets each.
