Top 3 bizarre trophies in cricket

By this time, you must have seen Aaron Finch and Sarfraz Ahmed holding a giant trophy, the top of which is a biscuit. In case you haven't seen it yet, you heard it right - a biscuit. The Tuc T20I Cup trophy has made its way into numerous hilarious memes and is now the hot topic of ridicule in cricket.

However, it would be foolish to think that this is the first bizarre trophy in cricket. Over the years, we have seen many obnoxious trophy designs that caught more attention than the series. Perhaps a better designer would have saved the organizers from all the humiliation, or perhaps the designers should have avoided trying too many things.

Whatever it is, some trophies have made us laugh so much that it is hard to forget about it. Let us have a look at three such bizarre trophy designs barring the aforementioned one:

#3 Caribbean Premier League 2017

A cluster of hands

If it is in the Caribbean, it is ought to be funny and entertaining. But who would have thought that their trophy itself will turn into a laughing stock? If you have seen the animations of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, you must have noticed how multiple hands try to reach out for the trophy and it eventually results in a supreme golden trophy.

But those at the helm of designing responsibilities must have taken it way too seriously and it resulted in a grotesque mess of numerous hands, all reaching out for what seems like a silver ball, and such is the number of hands that the ball is barely visible. Quite unsurprisingly so, the trophy was changed this year.

#2 Warne-Muralitharan trophy

The designers tried to immortalize Warne and Muralitharan's wrists

However, the trophy is the centre of attraction in this series. On a wooden setup, we have got the right wrists of both the spinners and the wrists are holding a ball, as if they were about to bowl unless someone cast a spell on them and they became a statue. The final result - two arms peeping out from what looks like a wall resulting in a scary image, like a setup of a B-grade horror movie.

The Warne-Muralitharan trophy, as it is very clear from its name, was named in the honour of the two legendary spinners who gave nightmares to every batting lineups with their magical wrist and fingerwork. Given the current state of cricketing affairs in Sri Lanka, this series often tends to be a one-way affair, with Australia winning three of the four editions thus far.

#1 Coca-Cola Cup 1997/98

Fancy using your bottle opener on this cap?

The 1997/98 Coca-Cola cup, that was played in Sharjah, will bring many happy memories to the Indian fans. Against a strong New Zealand and a dominating Australian side, the Indian men showed great character to win the tri-series.

Sachin Tendulkar's two consecutive centuries against Australia might still give nightmares to Steve Waugh. Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin's quickfire half-century in the final against Australia will also be cherished for a long time.

The other person who must have had nightmares after this series is the one who designed the trophy. The trophy of the Coca-Cola cup took sponsor integration the level infinity as instead of a trophy, we have a thousand times magnified image of the cap of a Coca-Cola, resulting in a tailor-made stuff to enter the epic fail compilation videos. Where exactly is this trophy now? We wonder.