Top 5 Indian Cricketers – India has long been known for producing and delivering some of the greatest cricketers of all time, be it Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar from a bygone era or Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, M.S Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandiya, Zaheer Khan or Harbajan Singh from present Indian Cricket squad. And of course, when India is all time the best in this particular sport followed by billions of souls, prosperity, and game are not far away indeed. Based on the Cricket News and Reviews a list of top 5 cricketers of Indian Cricket History has been created for your consideration! Just have a look to recall your memories!
- Sachin Tendulkar
The “God of Cricket” as he is referred across the world, Sahin Tendulkar is undeniably the greatest cricketer that Indian has produced to ever grace the sport. Apart from his brighter and successful career on the field, he is also the winner of it with massive 29+ million followers on social platforms and many successful records on field.
A career spanning over 22 years, Sachin has amassed scores that set new records in the world of cricket. This includes the highest number of half-centuries and centuries in both test and ODIs, ranging from 51 test centuries and 49 ODI centuries respectively. He is the Indian cricketer that has played highest number of test series of 200 and ODI matches with the record of the highest run-scorer in the 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup.
- Virat Kohli
Currently serving as the captain of the Indian Cricket Team, Virat Kohli is the topmost and popular Indian Cricketer of all time with 37 million followers on all social media and platforms. With the highest records in his career, Virat Kohli is regarded as the best batsmen across the world. Not only in international ODIs and Test matches, but he has also set records by playing the highest number of IPL matches and become the highest-paid player in the Indian league.
The career record of Virat Kohli includes the fastest century by an Indian player in ODIs in 52 balls only and he is also the fastest to reach 1000 runs in ODIs, 3rd fastest in the world to reach 5000 runs on ODIs and much more on his career plate.
- M.S Dhoni or Mahendra Singh Dhoni
After the former captain of India, Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni is the second Indian Cricketer that has led India to the World Champions by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 under his leadership. He has many successful records in his plate and he is the man who captained Indian National Team in limited over formats from 2007-2016 and Test Cricket from 2008-2014.
M.S. Dhoni is the right-handed middle-order batsman and the best wicketkeeper that India has ever got. He is mainly known and acclaimed globally for his signature style helicopter shot and he is the best finisher of all time as regarded by Cricket News. He captained Chennai Super Kings in IPL matches and helped the team to win many IPL series.
- Rohit Sharma
With over 8 million followers in Social Platforms, Rohit Sharma is another top Indian Cricketer that India has ever produced. Being the Vice-Captain of Indian Cricket Team, Rohit Sharma has set many successful records in World Cricket History. He is the right-handed opening batsman of the team who also does bowling sometime as he is a certified right-arm off-break bowler. Overall, he is an all-rounder and successful set record by scoring a double century, 33 fours in a single match which is the highest in one ODI innings, the highest number of sizes in a single match.
- Yuvraj Singh
The Man of the Tournament in 2011 World Cup, Yuvraj Singh is another popular Indian Cricketer with over 14 million social media followers. He is one of the top performers in the 2007 ICC World Cup T20. He is the left-handed batsman and slow left-hand spin bowler. He is best known for his performance against England in 2007 when it continuously hit 6 sixes in a single over. He has many records in his names, but for cancerous tumors, in the lungs, he underwent treatment due to which he stopped playing for a few years.
So, this is the list of top 5 Indian Cricketers of all time that India has ever produced.
