A bunch of die-hard fans of the South African cricketer Hashim Amla have chosen a different path to show their admiration for the Proteas player by donning the "Amla look" -- complete with long black beard and shaven head.

The craze was started by Brendin Chelin of Durban, Amla's hometown, who said he found the beard at a novelty shop and got some friends to trim it to look exactly like that of Amla, who sports it for religious reasons as a devout Muslim.