New Delhi: In today’s time, many children dream that they grow up to become a famous cricketer. The world should also recognize him like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly. Many children grow up with such dreams and fulfill their dreams. But today we are going to tell you about a cricketer whose dream was not to become a cricketer but to become a priest. This cricketer is Chaminda Vaas Birthday, one of the greatest bowlers of Sri Lanka. Whose birthday is today i.e. 27th January.
many miracles done with the ball
Born on this day on January 27, 1974 in Vattala, near Colombo, Chaminda Vaas has achieved many achievements in an international career spanning nearly 15 years. He is one of the most successful bowlers in his country, who troubled the legendary batsmen in the 1990s and the first decade of 2000. Chaminda has done many charisma from economical bowling to making records for wickets.
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Wanted to become a pastor instead of a cricketer
Chaminda Vaas was born in a Catholic family. His family was very religious, due to which it had a great impact on him. He had never thought of making a career in cricket. His childhood dream was completely different from these sports world. Chaminda Vas wanted to become a church pastor since childhood. He had told in an interview that he was very serious about becoming a priest, but for this he had to study hard for 12 to 14 years. But, then the magic of cricket fell on him in the midst of that. After which he became the best bowler of Sri Lanka.
Records that are impossible to break
Chaminda Vaas became the most prominent bowler of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan strengthened the Sri Lankan bowling. Vaas then debuted several of his own records. The biggest miracle happened in 2001 against Zimbabwe. On 8 December 2001 in Colombo, Vaas created history and made a record in his name, which has become very difficult to break. Bowling first in this match, Sri Lanka bundled out Zimbabwe for just 38 runs. This was the lowest score at that time and Chaminda Vaas was responsible for it. In this match, he took 8 wickets in 8 overs giving 3 maidens. Which is the best bowling record in the history of ODI cricket, which has not been broken even today.
Vaas did not stop here. He is one of those bowlers who has taken hat-tricks twice in his career. His first hat-trick was against Zimbabwe. Whereas the second hat-trick was against Bangladesh during the 2003 World Cup. He achieved this feat by taking the fourth wicket in the fifth ball of an over. In this match, he took 6 wickets for 25 runs in 9.1 overs.
The longest name in the cricket world
Apart from all this, you will be surprised to know that Chaminda Vaas has the longest name in cricket history. His full name is Vernakula Surya Patabendige Usantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas. Which is the longest name by any cricketer.