Cricketers and their superstitions

Mahela Jayawardena- Kissing the bat

Mahela Jayawardena had the superstition of kissing his bat

The former Sri Lankan skipper was one of the finest middle order batsmen to have played the game of cricket.

During his early days at the international level, Jayawardena had the habit of kissing his bat before he faced every ball. However, with the passage of time, the Sri Lankan kissed his bat only on reaching a milestone i.e. a half century or a century.

Jayawardena has the distinction of scoring 10,000 plus runs in Test cricket and ODI cricket and has scored 11814 Test runs and 12650 ODI runs. He is regarded as one of the modern-day greats in international cricket as he scored runs all over the globe.