Cricket has a long history of offering something hilarious and funny and memorable in the wake of a win. There has been Sourav Ganguly’s shirtless moment and Chris Gayle’s Gangnam Dance, and so much more. Now, there’s something and new from Bangladesh ’s star cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim.
Following Bangladesh’s win over Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy, Rahim broke into a fantastic and hilarious Naagin Dance to commemorate his team’s work. In case you haven’t seen the winning dance yet, here you go.
Had seen #NaginDance 🐍 in wedding processions. Now saw in international cricket. जीवन धन्य हो गया अब #BANvSL #NidahasTrophy2018 #CobraDance pic.twitter.com/N32HRuS0yG
— Siba Mohanty (@Siba_TNIE) March 10, 2018
A win can immediately take over one’s emotions and that’s exactly what happened here. Rahim could not control his emotions after hitting the winning runs against Sri Lanka, helping his team chase down a record 215 runs. Soon, the fun and quirky moves were all over social media, blended with a variety of memes and hypothetical situations. After all, that’s what really happens on social media with every memorable moment.
While some added Mushfiqur Rahim to Mouni Roy’s Naagin, other’s instantly compared his dance moves to the ones at every desi wedding. Check out some of the hilarious memes of Mushfiqur Rahim’s Naagin dance over here:
Mushfiqur Rahim's NAGIN DANCE FTW! 🐍
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) March 10, 2018
Mushfiqur Rahim to play the main character in the Indian drama serial Naagin. 🐍 https://t.co/scaWk7D3LH
— Farhan (@F4Ztweets) March 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/indicboy/status/972705345125543936
https://twitter.com/RaijinAntony/status/972539086752825344
Main nagin nagin..nagin nagin..nagin dance nachna….#SLvBAN #NidahasTrophy #NidahasTrophy2018 @virendersehwag pic.twitter.com/YUQQkaiK6e
— Anik Sachdeva (@AnikSachdeva) March 10, 2018
Mushfiqur Rahim would be a superstar if he perfoms the same 'Naagin Dance' steps in Indian Weddings.#SLvBAN pic.twitter.com/rJq25AV3KP
— Peeyush Sharma (@peeyushsharmaa) March 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Binakahelunga/status/972535113551568896
https://twitter.com/46Sampath/status/972539378869456896
Who did it better ?
RT for Talli Londe.
Like for Tuchiya @mushfiqur15 pic.twitter.com/cX4azSz6bE— TPI (@ThePeevedIndian) March 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/cricfreakz/status/972734358862704640
#BANvSL #NidahasTrophy2018 #CobraDance #MushfiqurRahim pic.twitter.com/fYugTKtuj0
— Yhaseen (@Yhaseen11) March 11, 2018
😂😂😂😂🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫😂😂😂… pic.twitter.com/4bg84GCfF2
— ❤Dewduni❤ (@dissanayake56) March 11, 2018
From Getting #Aadhaar To Learning The Nagin Dance, Bangladeshis Are Evolving To Be Indians. 🤪🙊#SLvBAN #BANvsSL Mushfiqur Rahim pic.twitter.com/GM3YA5W8sz
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) March 10, 2018
Sri Lankans set a massive target of 215 before the Bangladesh team. However, openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das gave Bangladesh a rousing start adding 74 in only six overs. Despite an amazing game by the two openers, Bangladesh still needed 115 runs from 57 balls to win the series and that’s exactly when Rahim walked out to bat. From there on, it was all Rahim ’s game and he indeed played it very well. Rahim made a staggering 35-ball 72, however, this game would not be remembered for Rahim ’s brilliance with the bat, but for his dance sequence post winning.
Jyotsna Amla