>‘My religion is my strength. Religion and spirituality are my strength in difficult times, South African spinner Keshav Maharaj said. Keshav Maharaj, who wears a copper bracelet on his right hand with ‘Om Namah Shivay’ written on it, wants to visit Ayodhya and have a darshan of Ramlalla.

1. Keshav never shies away from expressing his faith in God on the field. An example of this was seen a few weeks ago during the Indian team’s cricket tour of South Africa. Whenever Keshav came out to bat, he used to ask the DJ to play the song ‘Ram Siyaram’.

>2. During the ODI World Cup held in India in November-December 2023, Keshav had an ‘Om’ sticker on his bat in a match against the Netherlands. After defeating Pakistan in Chennai, he wrote ‘Jay Shri Hanuman’ in his post expressing the joy of victory.