Updated On: 09 January, 2024 03:43 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Lord Ram is the greatest strength of the Durban-born cricketer of Indian origin. "For me, God`s been my greatest blessing and if I get an opportunity it`s the least I can do and it gets you in the zone and get that respect from other players. Respecting religion and culture is important but it`s a nice feeling to hear `Ram Siya Ram` being played"

South Africa`s leg spinner Keshav Maharaj (Pic: AFP)
Playing devotional music on the cricket field is a very rare sight but when Kehsav Athmanand Maharaj walks into bat, the DJ gets a special request to play one song that is "Ram Siya Ram Jai Jai Ram."
And the DJ receives the request from none other than Keshav Maharaj himself. In the recent ODI series between India and South Africa, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul prompted Maharaj that, "every time you enter, they play that song."