Cricket world reacts to hilarious wedding photo
The cricket world has reacted to a hilarious moment taken on the night of a bride and grooms wedding night.
While marriage is about the celebration of true love, it seems the bride played second fiddle to her husband’s one true passion on their special evening.
Living in America poses its own challenges as Tasleem is forced to watch his favourite sport, cricket, at odd hours in the day, and said that if the opportunity arrives to watch the game, he takes it - even if the sport interrupts what should be the most special day of his life.
The newly married hubby sent a snap of he and his wife to the International Cricket Council (ICC), where he reflected on the moment he came home from his wedding procession to find out Pakistan was playing Australia in the first game of their three-match T20 series at the SCG on the weekend.
As a prolific fan of the game, there was no other option than to sit down with his new wife and watch the match.
“Hello, as a diehard cricket fan, I wanted to submit a photo from my wedding this past weekend,” Tasleem wrote in his letter to the ICC.
“As per tradition, after the completion of the wedding the bride is brought back home for a little traditional welcoming ceremony amongst the close family.
Here's a message we got from a fan in the US 👫#CoupleGoals
You know it's love when ... pic.twitter.com/4YuGImuXjW— ICC (@ICC) November 6, 2019
“As we came home (around midnight in Detroit, Michigan, USA) the Pakistan vs Australia T20 game was getting underway.
“Over the years residing in North America I’ve stayed up at all sorts of odd hours of night to catch Team Pakistan play.
“Even though it was my wedding night, I wasn’t going to miss this game.”
Australian skipper Aaron French found the post hilarious, and couldn’t help but acknowledge how funny it was he took centre stage during the couple’s wedding.
Haha glad I played such a special part in your day!! 😂😂
Take note @_AmyFinch https://t.co/MbG4YGJad8— Aaron Finch (@AaronFinch5) November 6, 2019
The cricket world quickly reacted to the sweet image, with the post garnering in over 10,000 likes.
One Twitter user and die hard cricket fan couldn’t help but compare the hilarious photo to one taken on his parent’s wedding night in 1983.
“Not quite the same but can't resist sharing. Place: Mumbai. These are guests at my parents' wedding on 30 Oct 1983, huddled around a radio, listening to the second day's play of the Kotla test match against,” the user wrote.
Not quite the same but can't resist sharing.
Place: Mumbai. These are guests at my parents wedding on 30 Oct 1983, huddled around a radio, listening to the second day's play of the Kotla test match against @windiescricket. @BCCI #CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/QJTdXorSud— Harshad Joshi (@harshadvj) November 6, 2019
Another joked: How can someone marry on match day?”
Other Twitter users agreed, with another writing beneath the post “How can someone marry on a match day? Dude first go and check out the schedule as match is more important than any other event of life!”
Unfortunately for Tasleem, the match ended on a bad note for Pakistan as the game was called off due to rain and the country went on to lose game two of the series in Canberra.