‘Gestures like these make cricket beautiful’- Fans react as Australia captain Pat Cummins exchanges his jersey with Shamar Joseph’s autographed one
Fans react as Pat Cummins acknowledges Shamar Joseph's performance by signing his jersey with his autographed jersey
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Jan 28, 2024 8:00 pm
Shamar Joseph and Pat Cummins (Source – X)
West Indies registered their first victory against Australia on their home turf after 27 years as they beat them by 8 runs. Ironically this victory also came at the Gabba which was known as Australia’s fortress until it was breached by India in 2021.
After losing the first match of the series one-sidedly, West Indies were down and out and were discarded by many cricket pundits before the second and final day-night test. But the spirited West Indiesmade a stellar comeback and defeated the Australian team by 8 runs in a thrilling encounter.
Shamar Joseph lights up Gabba with his bowling
Shamar Joseph who turned out to be the find of the series decimated the Australian batting in the second innings by picking up 7 wickets. The young West Indian pacer who made his debut in the first match of the series picked up 13 wickets in the two matches of the series but more than that what won the hearts of many cricket fans.
He had to be taken out of the field as he got by a Mitchell Starc bouncer on the third day of the match but he made a sensational comeback the next day picking 7 wickets for the Australian team which made the opposition captain his fan too.
As the match got over, Australian captain Pat Cummins exchanged his jersey with a signed jersey from Sharmah Joseph and acknowledged the latter’s inspirational comeback on the cricket field. Australia lost the second match of the series despite of Steve Smith’s heroics in the second innings which leveled the two-match series by 1-1.
Fans Reaction:
The journey of Shamar Joseph from being a security guard at a remote village in the Caribbean Island to a fast bowler has touched the hearts of many cricket fans worldwide including the great AB de Villiers who took to X, to share his view on Joseph’s life story. Many other fans took to X to share their views on the great gesture of Pat towards Joseph. Here are some of the tweets from the fans:
In January 2023, Shamar Joseph left his job as a security guard to play cricket and now in January 2024, Shamar Joseph took five wickets in both innings on his Test debut in Australia What a wonderful trip 👏🙌😍
