Dog plays cricket with kids; video goes viral on Twitter

It will not be an aberration to say that dogs understand human beings more than any other animal. Not only are they the biggest allies of humans in adversity, but they also form an able partnership when it comes to indulging in recreational activities which also includes playing cricket.

Veteran actress Simi Garewal shared a video on her Twitter account that vindicates the aforementioned fact. The 44-second video shows a pet pooch playing cricket with young kids where he can be seen performing the role of the wicketkeeper brilliantly.

The video shows the pet pooch being alert to every delivery as he runs towards the ball as soon as it is delivered. In the first instance, the young girl hits the ball to mid-on, prompting the dog to gallop towards it, just like a normal fielder would.

The dog returns back to his position before the second ball is bowled. On the next delivery, the girl defends the ball and, again, the pet unleashes his Jonty Rhodes moniker to reach the ball in a canter. On the last delivery, the bowler proceeds to unleash a bumper which the girl awkwardly fends, and again the pooch is as alert as Rhodes used to be during his career and fetches the ball from the nearby bushes in a jiffy.

Sharing the video, Simi said, “An award for the best fielder of the year!!”

An award for the Best Fielder of the Year!!👑🥜 pic.twitter.com/7PWBLBgnnV

— Simi Garewal (@Simi_Garewal) February 20, 2020

The video has since then garnered thousands of likes and retweets with fans hailing the pet for his agility in the field, while even compared his alertness with the Indian legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Cricket is a religion in India. And, you can see people- from kids to adults- playing this beautiful game in every nook and corner of this country. Cricket in fact unites the 1.3 billion Indians- divided on the lines of caste, creed, religion, financial status, etc. It blurs the line of hatred, intolerance, and biases.

On Friday, this beautiful game united human beings with a dog as their penchant towards playing cricket blurred the lines of verbal communication barrier.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the trending video:

Hope BCCI takes cognizance of this😜

— shaAns (@shaAns15) February 20, 2020

It must be Dhoni’s dog 😍

— Qubitor Labs (@qubitor_labs) February 21, 2020

He can def play in the slips for us

— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) February 21, 2020

This is really Cool! Watched it so many times 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

— Nirikshan Billa (@NirikshanBilla) February 20, 2020

I didn't knew JOHN WICK's dog played cricket!

— Akash Saini (@AkashSa77078085) February 21, 2020

@cricketaakash t20 worldcup probable

— pratyush (@triple_john) February 20, 2020

😳 hamara wala to ball leke bhaag jaya karta tha

— rishav arya (@rishav_arya) February 20, 2020