Most Loved Cricketers Of Indian Cricket Team

Cricket is the most loved sports in India since years. As per one research by ICC, cricket has 1 billion fans globally out of which India constitute more than 90%. Yes, people in India are crazy about cricket. Whenever there is matches going on, people spend their time watching it on TV or mobile. Those who can’t reach TV or mobile love to hear cricket podcasts. Cricket unites people together in India. Either people watch it with their family or with their relatives and friends. So, when cricket season is on, there are mini parties with drinks, chips and much more. People are that interested towards cricket even if they are not playing, seeing their favorite batsman playing on field they feel themselves playing on field. They get that involved towards matches.

Indian cricket is becoming better and better day by day. Our players together have made cricket worth playing for India. India ranks 1^st as per ICC Test ranking, 2^nd as per ICC ODI ranking and ICC T20 ranking.

India team has got really good players which has contributed a lot in team’s continuous success. There is a huge effort from each of cricketers whenever they play for team India and almost all are the heroes of the Indian team as each and everyone have given their beast at their part. But there are players who have huge fan following among all. Let’s look at most loved cricketer in India:

Sachin Tendulkar – Whenever we talk about cricket, the first name which comes to our mind is Sachin Tendulkar. He is called “God of Cricket” by people in India. Sachin is top batsman in Indian team. He started playing cricket at the age of 16 and from then he has served India with his remarkable performance. He is the only player with record of 100 centuries in international cricket.

Sunil Gavaskar – He was the greatest batsman and was known for his great opening during match. He played from early 1970s to late 1980s and had created several records. He was known for batting against fast bowlers.

Kapil Dev – Most loved all-rounder player. Kapil Dev was fast bowler and the only player to score over 5000 test runs with over 400 test wickets. He won world cup in 1983.

Saurav Ganguly - Popularly known as Dada, Bengal Tiger has been claimed as one of the successful captains. He has been received Padma Shri by Government of India.

Rahul Dravid – He was known for his technical batting against bowlers. He always played with dignity and he has always proved to be a strong wall in tough times.

Virender Sehwag – Sehwag was aggressive opening batsmen. He was known for his style of batting. People use to expect continuous 6s whenever he was batting on field.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Well he is the most loved cricketer along with Sachin Tendulkar as of now. His most cool attitude and strategies of winning has almost won people’s heart. He has proved to be a good captain. He won 2007 worldtwenty20 and world cup in 2011. He is not only good at batting but also a good wicket keeper.

Virat Kohli – Virat’s fan base is large in numbers. He is considered one of the greatest batsman like Sachin. It is believed that if he keeps playing the way he is, he will be one of the best batsman in the world.