The internet’s buzzing with the appreciation for Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and a considerable amount of applause for Khushdil Shah.
In a recent ODI match between Pakistan and West Indies, team Pakistan was almost on the verge of losing the first ODI match of the series as the visitors scored 305 runs in their first innings. Skipper Babar played his consistent knock and hit a century but according to the team and the fans, it was not the moment of the game until Khushdil Shah took the responsibility to finish off the innings in style. Khushdil managed to steal the win from West Indies by smashing 41 runs off just 23 balls and it somehow made Babar Azam realise that Khushdil is the real match-winner.
According to the officials, it was Babar Azam who was declared the Man of the Match but he handed over his trophy to partner and real game hero Khushdil Shah.
It is not the first team that the cricket fraternity has witnessed such blessing gestures by team players. There are uncountable moments where players show sportsmanship most kindly ever.
Let us take you to the list of moments when the players gave away their Man of the Match awards –
Gautam Gambhir gave his Man of the Match award to Virat Kohli: In 2009 India roared loud as they witnessed prime-time Gautam Gambhir knocking 150 runs against Sri Lanka when the target was 316 runs. It was Virat Kohli who boosted the Indian innings by scoring his maiden hundred which made Gautam Gambhir give away his Man of the Match award to Virat Kohli.
Kuldeep Yadav shares Man of the Match award with Axar Patel: In the recent season of TATA IPL Delhi Capitals were playing against Punjab and the match concluded with Delhi’s win which also announced a comeback game for Kuldeep Yadav after experiencing a bad phase in KKR the previous year. Kuldeep was also given the Man of the Match award for taking 2 important wickets but he shared his award with Axar Patel who also took 2 critical wickets for the team.
Ashish Nehra gave away his award to Michael Hussey: Ashish Nehra never fails to oblige his fans and his doings are always either entertained or heartfelt by the cricket lovers. In 2015 Ashish knocked 3 wickets off RCB giving CSK a crucial win but later on Nehra Ji decided to share his trophy with Michael Hussey who scored a critical half-century in the same game.
Smriti Mandhana shares the Player of the Match award with Harmanpreet Kaur: Smriti Mandhana was announced as the Player of the Match in one of the games of World Cup 2022 in West Indies for her century knock but Smriti decided to share her trophy with Harmanpreet Kaur who also knocked 109 runs.
