Tabraiz Shamsi reveals shocking fact about his boot celebration

South Africa is currently hosting India for an all-format tour. The teams are currently playing the Test series, after the end of the white-ball series. The Men in Blue won the ODI series 2-1 and the T20I series was a draw 1-1. During the 2nd T20I, something weird happened between two of the cricketers. South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi who is famous for his shoe celebration has explained the incident that occurred after dismissing skipper Suryakumar Yadav. 

Shamsi did his trademark celebration, removing a boot and holding it to his ear was not liked by some Indian fans who targeted him and his wife on social media. The spinner has done it time after time after picking up a wicket, but he said his celebration has no intention to hurt anyone.

He has also asked for support from his other teammates to take sides against social media trolls, instead of getting intimidated by them. SKY is currently out of action as he picked up an injury during the T20I series against the Proteas and will miss the series against Afghanistan as well. The No.1 T20I batter is one of the finest hitters of the ball in the shortest format of the game. 

People took it in a negative way: Tabriz Shamsi 

Shamsi told Cricbuzz, "People took it in a negative way; they thought it was disrespectful. I had so much abuse hurled at me. It was probably the worst it's ever been. There was also abuse hurled at my wife. I didn't appreciate that. It's uncalled for. It's fine if you want to have a dig at the players, but to involve family and say nasty things, pushes it to another level."

"I feel that if players don't say anything about it, then people think they have free license. More people need to speak up and say it's not OK. Yes, we're all trying our best. Yes, your team might not win or you might not agree with certain things. But you need to behave like a human being. You can't carry on like an animal."