Top 10 Most Popular Cricketers
Popular Cricketers : Here is
The List of “Most Popular Cricketers” all time. These cricket players having
great fame in all formats of cricket Test, ODI and T20 in all categories batting,
bowling and fielding. if Your Not Agree With List, Want Some Changes, plz Feel
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1- Sachin Tendulkar
Little Master, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian
cricketer widely considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time
(After Don Bredmen). He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and
one-day international cricket. He is the first player to score a double century
in ODI cricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of
Test and ODI matches. Retired from Test Matches After Playing 200 Test Matches.
2- Shahid Afridi
Best known as Boom Boom Afridi Around The World and “LALA”
Among His Team Mates is a most famous Pakistani cricketer. the “Pathan” is
known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest
ODI century, Was Scored just in 37 balls Against SriLanka, in Just His 2nd
Match. as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over. Moreover, out of the seven
fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. He also
hold the record of maximum sixes (323) and the longest six in ODI, He hit the
longest ever six in the history of ODIs against South Africa. He is 3rd Highest
wicket takers in T20 Cricket. Also the Only Player in History of ODI’s Who
Scored More Then 7000 Runs as well as Takes More Thin 350 Wickets.
3. Wasim Akram
King of Swing, Wasim Akram most famous Pakistani cricketer.
Akram is regarded as the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket,
Spacialy in ODI’s. He holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket
with 881. He was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket in ODI cricket it
Happend During Worldcup 2003 South Africa. He was ranked as the best bowler in
ODI of all time in 2002. Akram is considered to the Best Captain for Pakistan
Cricket Team. He won 17 Man-of-the-Match awards in 104 tests and 22 in ODIs. He
took 4 hat-tricks in International cricket Still a World Record. He hit 12
sixes in an inning of a Test Match , most by anyone in a test innings.
The legend of Pakistan cricket Shoaib Akhtar Known as ‘Pindi
Express’ , Tiger and ‘The Terrorist of Cricket’. is widely regarded to be one
of the best fastest and most feared bowlers in the history of international
cricket. In 1999 Akhtar captured eight wickets in the Asian Test championship
match at Calcutta, Against India – In this match he clean bold Rahul Dravid and
Sachin Tendulkar at successive deliveries. Ironically it was the first ball he
ever bowled to Sachin Tendulkar and Equally This Was The 1st Ever “Golden Duck”
for Little Master. Shoaib is also known as one of only three bowlers to have
ever broken the 100 mph barrier in cricket history, with a delivery of 101.3
mph, during the 2003 World Cup against England, and this delivery stands as the
fastest recorded to date.
5. M S Dhoni
One of the Best Wicket-Keepr Batsmen of all time. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer
and the most famous and successful captain of the Indian national cricket team
in all three forms of the game and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He led
the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for
the first time. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and
2011 ICC ODI Cricket Worldcup.Dhoni is the first Indian player who achieve the
ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2 Consictive Years, 2008 and 2009. He
recived many more awards like the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award and the Padma
Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. The TIME magazine added
him in its “Time 100″ list of 100 most influential people of 2011. SportsPro
has rated MS Dhoni as the 16th most remarkable athlete in the world.
6. Brian Lara
Brian Lara is West Indian international cricket player,
popularly nicknamed as “The Prince of Port of Spain” or simply “The Prince”. He
is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time in Cricket
History. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds
several cricketing records. He also holds the record for the highest individual
score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in
2004. Before That He Also Scored 375 Runs in an Inning, Was The Record of His
Time.
7. Chris Gayle
Cool cricketer Chris Gayle is a West Indies cricketer. He is
well known for his huge and maximum sixes. He has been credited to fueling West
Indies’ total of 205 against Australia in the ICC T20 World Cup semifinal-1
which was the highest total of the tournament. He is one of only four players
who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 against South Africa in
2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. and He is The 1st ever Batsmen to
Score a Century in T20 Internationals. Chris Gayle Was The Main Contributor in
T20 World cup Won by West Indies.
8. Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist
fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling
action, which leads to his nickname, “Slinga Malinga”. He is specialist of
“swinging yorker” Specially in Death Overs. He is well known for his ability to
take consecutive wickets. he is the first and only bowler in the world to have
two World Cup hat-tricks, the first and only bowler to have taken three
hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, and currently the only, player to
have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international
cricket. He is reputed for troubling batsmen with his lively pace and
well-directed bouncer. He regularly bowls at speeds between 140 and 150 km/h
(87 to 93 mph) and sometimes slightly faster.
9. Muralidaran
Muttiah Muralitharan is a Legandery
Sri Lankan Off-Spin Bowler who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever.
He is the first wrist-spinning off-spinner in the history of the game. Muttiah
Muralitharan holds a number of world records. He is the highest wicket takers
in Test and ODI cricket. He took 800 in test and 534 wickets in ODI cricket. He
is only player to take 10 wickets in a Test in four consecutive matches, and to
take 50 or more wickets against every Test playing nation. he Also Hold The
Record For Taking Most 5 Wicket Houles and 10 Wickets in a Match in Test
Cricket.
10. Brett Lee
Brett Lee known by his nickname ‘Binga’ is a former
Australian cricketer. He was recognized as the 2nd fastest bowlers in world
cricket after Shoaib Akhtar Ever in the History. He is an athletic fielder and
useful lower-order batsman, with a batting average exceeding 20 in Test
cricket. Together with Mike Hussey, he has held the record for highest 7th
wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs since 2005–06 with 123. he is the last
and 10th member of Top 10 Most Popular Cricketers list.
