Would you celebrate like Imran Tahir?

[hur rizvi]

cant wait to see dhoni hitting him out of the park with his baseball like shots

Just because he has done well against us, we wanthim to fail against India

I wish Tahir best of luck against India, i hope he performs well agaisnt them...

Tahir though not extraordinary but i rate him above all spinners SA have played since their re-entry into international cricket though it's another thing that he's not a southafrican product but is rather a PAkistani product

 

[96NotOut]

He said he was more South African than Pakistani himself, and this statement says it all. Sure, he celebrates like a moron, but they're really funny to watch, and he doesn't live here anymore, he calls himself S. African, he acts like one. We should just disown him, personally, I'm glad he doesn't play for us.
And no, I wouldn't prove to world that I'm an idiot celebrating like Tahir.

 

[BD Tigers]

Well well well what do we have here

I can see 95% of bitter/butthurt Pak fans wishing ill on Tahir while only a measely 5% seeing no problem in it.

The Ronaldo example is wrong. That would make sense if Tahir first played for the senior Pakistan side, then switched allegiance to SA and then celebrated like that.

The best way I can describe Tahir's situation in a football context is that imagine a player who wasnt valued by a club and was kept in the subs/reserves. Then he move to another club and then celebrated enthusiastically after scoring a goal against his former club.

I have seen it happen many times in football. It is nothing new and there is nothing wrong with it.

All the best to Imran Tahir (The Saffer) against SA

 

[Executioner]

OTT - Yes

So whats wrong with celebrating? He loves the sport and he loves to take wicket no matter how cheap they are. Just because he is a Pakistani playing for SA performing against Pakistan does not make him a traitor. He has the right to

 

[BD Tigers]

So whats wrong with celebrating? He loves the sport and he loves to take wicket no matter how cheap they are. Just because he is a Pakistani playing for SA performing against Pakistan does not make him a traitor. He has the right to

Correct

 

[Saqs]

I'd have done the same. He got rejected by the Pakistan system. Went overseas and is now experiencing success.

Always a good feeling to stick it to the man who didn't think you were good enough.

The patriotism doesn't even come into it. It's a game of cricket.

 

[Saqs]

don't worry guys, we will show him his true place.
He'l
we may be poor against steyn, philander but against a spinner? NO WAY! He'l be crying asking to go home after every match against india.

Like you smashed Shillingford, Swann, Panesar etc?

 

[in_cutter]

What's the big deal? Let him celebrate how he wants?

 

[hadi123]

I hope when he comes up against a team I like more than SA he gets hammered. Pakistan suck too much but when SL or WI or NZ i hope he gets hammered. I want him to do well against India I hate India

 

[Indiafan]

Sorry to wake you up, but do you know who Shillingford, Swann, Lyon, Monty are?

India was once invincible against spinners, where Warnie picked up 34 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 43, against his career average of around 25. Murali picked up 40 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 45 against his career average of around 23. But the recent trend shows something else.

Do you know that while playing in India, during the last one year, team India has played 9 tests. India lost a total of 118 wickets during those matches, and out of those it lost 74 to spinners, 40 to fast/medium bowlers, and just 4 in run outs. Which means India has lost a whopping 62.71% of its wickets to spinners, 33.89 to faster/medium bowlers, and 3.38 to run outs.

So, I would advice the Indian fans to not get too cocky. Who knows if Tahir may have the last laugh against the Indians too?

Massive burn scene here.

Like you smashed Shillingford, Swann, Panesar etc?

Couple of points from my side

Firstly, Shillingford hardly did anything, he picked up 3-4 wickets in one innings and then was smashed

Secondly, most of the batsmen who faced Panesar, Swann, etc are now gone. There is no Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir, Draivd in the team. They have been replaced with young aggressive players. S lets wait and see, shall we?

 

[Itachi]

Like you smashed Shillingford, Swann, Panesar etc?

swann never troubled india.

panesar did. after all, he is an indian to start with. we are proud of him.

shillingford.... that hack just got lucky. if he can repeat that perform, i wont post in pp for a week.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Tahir will surely get some wickets against India too. His googly will fetch him a few wickets every match.

The only difference is that his bad deliveries (he dishes 2 every over) will be hammered for 4's and sixes unlike Pak who did not score much of them.

My guess is, Tahir will get wickets, but he will also prove to be very expensive.

 

[Singham]

More than his celebrations, his blonde hair dye annoys me a lot...

 

[PakGirl!]

His celebrations might be cringeworthy but who cares,it's his right..

 

[Mamoon]

I'd have done the same. He got rejected by the Pakistan system. Went overseas and is now experiencing success.

Always a good feeling to stick it to the man who didn't think you were good enough.

The patriotism doesn't even come into it. It's a game of cricket.

Its a matter of perception. Most Pakistani who have settled in foreign countries think like you, while people like us, who aren't remotely interesting in settling in a foreign country think he's a traitor.

 

[soso_killer]

More than his celebrations, his blonde hair dye annoys me a lot...

well i always had a thing for blondes

 

[Mamoon]

TBH, blond hair looks awful with a medium to dark complexioned person.

 

[LongHorn]

The best way I can describe Tahir's situation in a football context is that imagine a player who wasnt valued by a club and was kept in the subs/reserves. Then he move to another club and then celebrated enthusiastically after scoring a goal against his former club.

E.g. Etoo, you should have seen how he acted after Barcelona won their title in 2005, grabbing a mike and chanting abuses at RM

 

[Mamoon]

You cannot compare club loyalty to national loyalty. The most cringe-worthy analogy I've come across in weeks.

 

[Saqs]

Its a matter of perception. Most Pakistani who have settled in foreign countries think like you, while people like us, who aren't remotely interesting in settling in a foreign country think he's a traitor.

Perhaps. But at the end of the day he didn't get a chance in Pakistan. He's a professional. It is just like a professional accountant or investment banker going abroad where his services are more in demand.

 

[Major]

swann never troubled india.

panesar did. after all, he is an indian to start with. we are proud of him.

shillingford.... that hack just got lucky. if he can repeat that perform, i wont post in pp for a week.

5 wickets today. You willl be missed Itachi

 

[Saqs]

shillingford.... that hack just got lucky. if he can repeat that perform, i wont post in pp for a week.

You were saying?

got another Michelle.

 

[Indiafan]

Come on 200, odd for 5 wickets is not good bowling. Indian batsmen were hitting out and wickets had to fall to someone

 

[Indiafan]

Seriously, how is his celebration any different from Afridi's over the top gestures and celebration? Pretty sure other country fans are irritated by Afridi too

 

[Saqs]

Seriously, how is his celebration any different from Afridi's over the top gestures and celebration? Pretty sure other country fans are irritated by Afridi too

It is no where near as obnoxious as Tahirs to be honest.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Sorry to wake you up, but do you know who Shillingford, Swann, Lyon, Monty are?

India was once invincible against spinners, where Warnie picked up 34 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 43, against his career average of around 25. Murali picked up 40 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 45 against his career average of around 23. But the recent trend shows something else.

Do you know that while playing in India, during the last one year, team India has played 9 tests. India lost a total of 118 wickets during those matches, and out of those it lost 74 to spinners, 40 to fast/medium bowlers, and just 4 in run outs. Which means India has lost a whopping 62.71% of its wickets to spinners, 33.89 to faster/medium bowlers, and 3.38 to run outs.

So, I would advice the Indian fans to not get too cocky. Who knows if Tahir may have the last laugh against the Indians too?

Very well said (Bolded Part)

 

[Major]

Come on 200, odd for 5 wickets is not good bowling. Indian batsmen were hitting out and wickets had to fall to someone

the deal was that IF HE COULD REPEAT THE PERFORMANCE.. 6/167 in the first test match and 5/179 isn't much different.

chal Itachi nikal:asad

 

[TM Riddle]

loved his celebrations after taking razzaq's wicket

 

[Canistani Hero]

he's well within his rights to do so

 

[Atif]

He's a muppet.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Now this thread was not needed even I celebrated hafeez wicket in similar manner.

Best celebration in the game.

what a guy!

 

[Rana]

his celebrations are quite OTT

takes a wicket, celebrates like he won the world cup

 

[LegendAli]

The guy is from a very small village in Rawalpindi, he's not only gone on to become a international cricketer but is also consistently taking wickets, let him have his fun.

 

[Last Monetarist]

His joy really is infectious. Best spinner in the limited overs game probably. Let down by his batsmen today.

 

[Big Mac]

If I had bowled that googly to Sammy I'd still be celebrating now.

 

[Thivagar]

If I get my high school captain and his buddies out like that in a club match yes. My celebrations will probably result in suspensions as well.

 

[HateKiller]

If I had bowled that googly to Sammy I'd still be celebrating now.

But that googly was nothing special - just back of a hand delivery from right hander.
If Sammy had watched Tahir's hand closely , he would not have played wrong line.
But I would celebrate if I take wicket - that part I understand.

 

[ChachaCricket]

If I get my high school captain and his buddies out like that in a club match yes. My celebrations will probably result in suspensions as well.

Lmao, hilarious signature.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

He is better than Mushfiq, at least he doesn't celebrate after scoring a boundary. 10 years of International cricket yet Mushfiq remains a villager.

 

[captain.hansolo]

I didn't hate the guy before. But something about his celebration today when he got Hafeezs wicket made me feel pathetic about this guy.

I understand cricketers moving out of their countries at a young and early age, to find a living elsewhere. I could even understand Imran Tahir doing it at the age he did.
But celebrating the way he did that too against the country of his birth, where his entire family still lives and the country which had sheltered him 2-3 years back before his love-interest helped him get a SAFFER visa just did not feel right.

I've seen football players not celebrate scoring a goal against their former club if that club really meant something to them. But this guy just shamelessly runs around giving flying kisses to his wife and grunts and punches the air as if he has just won the World Cup for South Africa.

Partly a rant on my part, but since many PP'ers reside overseas, i would like to ask that if they get a chance to represent their domiciled country against Pakistan, would they react in a similar belligerent/aggressive manner when they take a wicket of a Pakistani player whom they have supported/watched since their childhood?

by that sound logic, naser hussain, bob woolmer, hanif mohammed, majid khan should all have been rather circumspect in any celebration when playing against india???

listen mate, thats great that imran was born in pakistan and was 'sheltered there'... come to think of it, no!

he has every right to celebrate an achievement that was the product of his labor, that took the team of his friends, his countrymen to victory. if your logic is to be followed, then never can a kashmiri celebrate pakistan's victory over india!

 

[Gotham Cronie]

Love this guy's celebrations

 

[DeadBall]

As he said in the post match interview, it was very hard for him to get to play in an international team and he takes every game and wicket very seriously.

 

[DeadBall]

We have a poster here who has this signature of "Live everyday like how Tahir celebrates his wickets", or something along those lines. Wise words. Can't seem to recall who though.

 

[Saj]

I saw him in a benefit match a few years ago and he celebrated his wickets just like he does normally.

Great to watch.

 

[Rayyman]

Not at his age lol

 

[hadi123]

Would never celebrate like Imran Tahir. Celebrates like a lunatic after every wicket. Embarrassing to watch him go on a Usain Bolt style sprint for each wicket. Would expect behaviour like that from a teenager, not an adult like Tahir.

 

[Hasan123]

Brilliant addition to the PSL. Would love to see him work with some of our young spinners when he has retired.

 

[moghul]

Love it,

 

[CricFan2012]

No

 

[Bhaijaan]

What a guy!

Started celebrating after bowling the 5th delivery in super over as if the match was over )

and then bowled a wide ball

 

[hadi123]

It's so annoying. What he done today was so cringy.

 

[CadPakFan]

I personally love it, it shows he has so much passion and energy for cricket and he's performing so I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

[Abdullah719]

Yelling like that after a dot ball was a bit strange.

 

[gazza619]

I have always enjoyed Tahir taking wickets and celebrating. He made a great career in SA and to be honest most of people who knew about Tahir in Pakistan were surprised at how successful he became in SA. This was not down to luck but to pure hard work and determination.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

That was his last game in S.A for his country, great way to go.

 

[PakLFC]

No I wouldn't celebrate like Imran. He goes well over the top even when dismissing a tail ender. I think he tries to hard in trying to tell the world that he is a Pakistani turned South Africa. We all get it now, time to get over it lad!

 

[Hasan123]

Well it was 1 of his last games in South Africa so you can understand his celebrations.

 

[MenInG]

Seems little OTT when batsmen not even out!

 

[barah_admi]

Tahir celebrates like this against everyone, on every ball for a team and a nation that gaveh im a chance and a better life. I do not see the problem with it.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

OTT. There is a time for celebration and then there is a time to chill.

 

[the_game]

Hate it from the bottom of my heart.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Absolutely love it ) )

What a guy!!!!!


It’s triumph of humanity every time Mohammad Tahir gets a wicket

 

[Mamoon]

Can’t stand his clownish antics. Awful character but a very good bowler.

 

[Tubs]

It's a bit annoying, but I'm glad he can express himself how he wishes. If he was in Pakistan, he would have been censored by now.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

I think he looks a bit mental at times. I mean he’ll take a meaningless wicket for his 999th franchise playing in the Antarctic Premier League and he’ll kiss his shirt and celebrate like he’s won the World Cup. There’s a time and a place for everything.

 

[Saj]

A bit cringeworthy at times and almost forced.

I don't know, maybe it's genuine passion, but it just looks OTT at times.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The one and only Imran Tahir <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19</a> <a href="https://t.co/CFRBDQMZnR">pic.twitter.com/CFRBDQMZnR</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1143533959130861568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[ManFan]

He’s 40 years old and has a big beard that makes him look even more mature.

I think it’s time he grows up a bit.

 

[mastersaan10]

why are people so against someone expressing themselves? I love every celebration, as it is the right of a person to express themselves and i think the grander the celebration the better. I myself used to love celebrating like Ronaldo after every wicket

 

[The_KING]

Extremely OTT imo. I get it if he celebrated like that after picking up a match/series winning wicket or if he completed his 5-fer, but to celebrate like that after each wicket is way OTT and cringeworthy.

 

[Mueez]

No.

It really looks ridiculous.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colin Munro on his exchange with Imran Tahir after the bowler dismissed him "I am tired of seeing him (Imran Tahir) celebrate like that and I called him a clown and he took it the wrong way and then you saw what he said to me, so we will leave it at that, eh?" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MSvIU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MSvIU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSLV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSLV</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1236689734841372672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Smbhayi]

i do likes his celebration..

 

[Smbhayi]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colin Munro on his exchange with Imran Tahir after the bowler dismissed him "I am tired of seeing him (Imran Tahir) celebrate like that and I called him a clown and he took it the wrong way and then you saw what he said to me, so we will leave it at that, eh?" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MSvIU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MSvIU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSLV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSLV</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1236689734841372672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

what he said? and who doesn't take it wrong way if somebody call you a clown?

 

[shaz619]

Yeah but also clothesline all the fielders as well

 

[Bhaijaan]

Dropped for Piyush Chawla lol

 

[sweep_shot]

I would not celebrate like him. Not my type of celebration.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

I didn't hate the guy before. But something about his celebration today when he got Hafeezs wicket made me feel pathetic about this guy.

I understand cricketers moving out of their countries at a young and early age, to find a living elsewhere. I could even understand Imran Tahir doing it at the age he did.
But celebrating the way he did that too against the country of his birth, where his entire family still lives and the country which had sheltered him 2-3 years back before his love-interest helped him get a SAFFER visa just did not feel right.

I've seen football players not celebrate scoring a goal against their former club if that club really meant something to them. But this guy just shamelessly runs around giving flying kisses to his wife and grunts and punches the air as if he has just won the World Cup for South Africa.

Partly a rant on my part, but since many PP'ers reside overseas, i would like to ask that if they get a chance to represent their domiciled country against Pakistan, would they react in a similar belligerent/aggressive manner when they take a wicket of a Pakistani player whom they have supported/watched since their childhood?

If I were to bowl the last over of the cricket TEST world cup FINAL where the opposition would need 2 runs to win with Viv Richards, and Sehwag on the crease and Sangakarra, Ponting, Lara, Dravid and Tendulkar to follow - and I would've taken a double hattrick six wickets in a maiden over by getting Tendulkar bowled out on the last ball, then yeah, I would probably celebrate like Imran Tahir.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Forever young Imran Tahir.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

i do likes his celebration..

Same. I enjoy his passion and he really lifts the atmosphere when he takes a wicket.