[VIDEO] The days when match-winning celebrations were not OTT!

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 1982. Imran Khan finished with match figures of 14-116 including a brilliant caught and bowled, as Sri Lanka were beaten by an innings and 102 runs in Lahore <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/3l5BSWmU35">pic.twitter.com/3l5BSWmU35</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1375724160312283136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Note how the Pakistan side lead by Imran Khan just walks away - the message is simply - job done.

Compare and contrast to today's celebrations which appear to be OTT at times.

Not sure which is better!

 

[Last Monetarist]

Sign of the times, we are in the cycle whereby each generation becomes progressively more flamboyant. Maybe that will reverse at some time.

Think the lack of celebration is also reflective of the opponent being considered a minnow, so that it would have been considered bad taste if the team celebrated overtly. I guess a few were also afraid of getting a word or two from Imran as victory would have been the minimum expectation.

 

[gazza619]

I prefer to see the old ways of celebration.

Cricketers can get a bit too cocky these days.

 

[Major]

Fifa effect.

Fifa players are big personalities, and i believe cricketers try to emulate them.

 

[Markhor]

Sometimes you couldn't even tell Imran took a wicket given how undemonstrative he was in his celebration.

Now guys like Shaheen or Hasan act as if they've won the Cricket World Cup, FIFA World Cup and Ryder Cup after taking wicket of a #11 batsman.

 

[street cricketer]

Back in those days, you didn't need to celebrate. People would flood into the field from the stands after every victory.

 

[street cricketer]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 1982. Imran Khan finished with match figures of 14-116 including a brilliant caught and bowled, as Sri Lanka were beaten by an innings and 102 runs in Lahore <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/3l5BSWmU35">pic.twitter.com/3l5BSWmU35</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1375724160312283136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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That caught and bowled is just unbelievable.

What an athlete he was!

 

[Mesozoic]

Wow. No handshakes with the umpire or the opponents?

 

[Saj]

When on the field actions mattered more than social media and off the field stuff.

These days too many cricketers are show-ponies, playing up to the camera.

 

[trickyone]

Imran Khan looks in a hurry lol

 

[MenInG]

Wow. No handshakes with the umpire or the opponents?

Yep very odd and that is for sure the end of the match as per the commentator.

 

[OMB]

When on the field actions mattered more than social media and off the field stuff.

These days too many cricketers are show-ponies, playing up to the camera.

Generally outlook in life has changed, this is in every field.

I am against the OTT celebrations.
WI of old, used to be menacing yet their celebrations were just some high fives. At best they would pick a memento stump.
Now, we see so many playing to the galleries with sendoffs and snickering. Even the commentators are openly biased and join in. The media was always going to be celebrating OTT to be popular.

 

[Saj]

Imran Khan looks in a hurry lol

Job done, no drama.

Move on to the next match.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

The quality of broadcast is the same as what PTV dishes out nowadays.