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Jacques Kallis has won many matches in his career. (Photo-Screenshot/X)

Jacques Kallis Birthday: The name of the great South African player Jacques Kallis is taken with great respect in the world of cricket. This former player made many records in his name by performing strongly with ball and bat. Jacques Kallis will turn 50 on October 16. He was born on 16 October 1975 in Cape Town. There is an interesting story about this former South African all-rounder. Whenever this player was out, his sister used to dance a lot. There was a special reason for this, which was revealed during the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Why did Jacques Kallis's sister dance?

Former South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis till 2014 Indian Premier League Had played in. From the first season till 2010, he played for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After this he joined the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team and in 2014 he continued playing for the KKR team. Cheerleaders were very popular in the initial season of IPL. Jacques Kallis's sister Janine Kallis used to cheerleading in the IPL in 2009.

She was a part of the cheerleaders group of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team Chennai Super Kings (CSK). On some occasions, Janine had to celebrate even when her brother was out. During this time she used to dance a lot. During this period, Kallis never stopped his sister. He said that Janine dances well and if she wants to do cheerleading, it is completely her wish. Being an elder brother, he supported his sister. However, now Janine has left this work and is married. Jacques Kallis has performed well in international cricket.

Kallis's performance in international cricket

jack calis Has played many match-winning innings for South Africa. Kallis has scored 13289 runs in 280 innings of 166 Test matches at an average of 55.37. This includes 45 centuries and 50 half-centuries. During this period he has also taken 292 wickets. Kallis has scored 11579 runs in 328 ODI matches at an average of 44.36. During this period he has scored 17 centuries and 86 fifties. Apart from this, he has also taken 273 wickets.

He has played 25 T20I matches for South Africa. In this, 666 runs have been scored at an average of 35.05. This includes 5 half-centuries. During this period, Kallis has also taken 12 wickets in his name. Has played 98 matches in IPL. During this period he scored 2427 runs at an average of 28.55. During this period he has hit 17 fifties. Also took 65 wickets. However, before these figures, Kallis had to face many problems in his career. Kallis was dropped from the team because of his short height.

Was dropped from the team due to short height

When this great South African player played under-15 cricket, he was dropped from the Western Province team only because of his short height. Kallis was very weak in his childhood and due to his health, he was dropped from the team. When Kallis came to know about this, he said that he will show the people who ousted him what he can do?

The international career of Jacques Kallis, who scored thousands of runs continuously throughout his career, started in a very disappointing manner. In the first 7 innings, Kallis was able to reach double figures only once. His average in the first 7 innings was only 8.14 and he could score only 57 runs, but after that his career took off like a rocket and he never looked back.