Twitter reacts as Imran Tahir pulls off his trademark celebration in World Cup opener at The Oval

BySoumil Khare,SportsCafe Editor

05/30/2019

Imran Tahir becomes the first spinner to bowl the first over of a World Cup and also picked a crucial wicket of Jonny Bairstow in the second delivery of the game. Fans on Twitter were amazed with Tahir's energy and heaped praise on the veteran spinner after witnessing his trademark celebration.

Tahir is a Legend!

What a start. Faf pulls a rabbit out of the hat and it's a Tahir!!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 30, 2019

It was a wonderful knock by Stokes!

Stokes looking completely different player from what we saw in the IPL: more resourceful and authoritative
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 30, 2019

Incredible!

#CWC2019:

-> Imran Tahir became the first spinner to bowl the first over of a World Cup.

-> Only the 2nd time a wicket fell in the first over of a World Cup.

John Wright got out on the first legitimate ball of the CWC 1992. #ENGvSA
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 30, 2019

Take a bow, Tahir!

Tahir started from where he finished IPL.

What A bowler at the age of 40 and that energetic celebration 🙌#ProteaFire #CWC19
— Neha Jha🏏 (@happiness_msd7) May 30, 2019

Age is just a number!

40 years two months and three days old, and he takes a wicket with the second delivery of the Cricket World Cup. Imran Tahir is a legend!
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) May 30, 2019

And that cliche joke!

Listening on the radio driving to work , is Tahir on his celebration run back to South Africa 😂
— ryan mathew (@ryan_mathew1) May 30, 2019

So many Tahir fans out there!

I’m just here for the Tahir wicket taking celebrations .... 🏃🏾‍♂️ #ENGvSA #CWC19
— Alexis Nunes (@alexisenunes) May 30, 2019

When Ngidi picked Buttler back!

CSK nailing RR again #ENGvSA
— Introvert (@BoredCricketFan) May 30, 2019

But England still managed to set a target of 312!

England's innings going backwards sadly #ENGvSA #CWC19
— Ian Pont (@Ponty100mph) May 30, 2019

Looks like Faf has learnt a lot from his CSK captain!

Faf has led the side well. I know...said it earlier too. He’s really rotated his key bowlers well. Three or four spells at crucial stages of the game. Let’s see how England responds in the last ten... #CWC19 #EngvSA
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 30, 2019

Absolutely!

Wow ! A 40 year old Tahir opens the bowling and gets Jonny Bairstow second ball of the match.

Out of the box- is this going to be the theme of this World Cup #EngvSA
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 30, 2019

Full of energy!

Tahir goes for running celebration with nobody comes in his way. #ENGvSA #CricketKaCrown
— Prasad (@KyaBaat5) May 30, 2019

That was harsh!

#ENGvSA #CWC19 @cricketworldcup @OfficialCSA #ProteaFire #rabada Over confident England team as usual! Hulle gaan kak!!!
— ₱ⱤɄĐɆ₦₵Ɇ🏆 (@Pru_back) May 30, 2019