Thilan Samarawera celebrated like this after reaching a 200 against Pakistan in Lahore in 2009.

A day later, his team bus was attacked, and a bullet traveled 12 inches into his thigh and was out of the game for 3 months.

He then started celebrating all his 100's in the same way. Either celebrating his career resurrection or a message to selectors who would drop him after a few failures, or aiming at critics who questioned his age, commitment and a disparity in performances between home and away.

Most famously celebrated like this in 2011 during a fantastic century in Durban, a test that SL won.

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