The most popular cricketers of all time

 

Cricket is considered as a religion among fans and it is the most popular and watched sport in the globe. Cricket has a rich fan base and cricketers have reached the immeasurable height due to the popularity of the sport. Let’s see the list of most popular cricketers.

MS Dhoni

One of the best player of Indian National Cricket team who captained the Indian team from 2007 to 2016. He is one of the most successful and famous cricketer of all three formats of the game, also captains the Chennai Super Kings of IPL league. India won the 2007 ICC world Twenty20 cup under his captaincy, also he took the Indian team to number one position in ICC rankings. He is the first player to hold the award of ICC ODI player of the year (in 2008 and 2009) twice. Dhoni is one of the most searched cricketers of the year 2020. Time magazine included Dhoni in its annual “Time 100” list as one of the “most influential people in the world”. Dhoni was rated as a sixteenth most marketable athlete in the world in the year 2012 by sportspro. He holds many records like Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2018.

Rohit Sharma

One of the most searched cricketer at an average of 9.7lakhs times in the last six months. He is the only captain to win four IPL trophies and his reach in cricket is tremendous in past few years. He is the first batsman to score five centuries in 2019 ICC world cup. In 2015, he was awarded  Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna in the year 2019. Rohit is the Rhino Ambassador for WWF-India and a member of PETA.

Virat Kohli

Kohli was searched on google at an average of 16 lakhs times per month in the past six months. He is the most popular cricketer in the world and the current captain of Indian National Cricket team. He captains the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in IPL from 2013. Among all cricketers, Kohli has the best rating in all three formats of cricket. Kohli is ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN and TIME magazine mentioned him as one of the “100 most influential people in the world”. He was awarded Arjuna award in 2013 and Padma Shri award in 2017 under sports category. Also awarded with 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna' Award in 2018.

Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar is a former Indian International Cricketer served as Indian National cricket Team Captain. One of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket having millions of fans and the only player to have scored one hundred centuries. He is known as the god of cricket by his fans and he is the main reason for many people to watch cricket in India. He is the first player to score a double century in ODI’s and holds the record for most runs in both ODI and Test matches. He holds many awards like Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna, Arjuna Award, he also awarded with Bharat Rathna. He is a popular cricketer across the globe. He retired from all form of cricket bit still he was searched more than 5 lakhs times per month in 2020.

Hardik Pandya

Pandya is an Indian international cricketer and plays for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League. He was searched at more than six lakhs times on the internet in 2020. He has been playing for Baroda cricket team and played a major role in winning Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in 2013-14 season. He was awarded “Yes Bank maximum sixes award” in 2015 IPL league.

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is the greatest batsmen plays for West Indies who have scored triple centuries in test and double centuries in ODIs and hundred in T20Is. He holds the record for the highest run-scorer of West Indies team in ODIs. Gayle is the only player to score a century in ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC World Twenty20. The second West Indies (after Brian Lara) player to score 10,000 runs in ODIs.