TOP 10 Most Popular Cricketers of All time

Here are top 10 most popular cricketers of all time. These cricket players have great fame in all formats of cricket Test, ODI and T20 in all categories batting, bowling and fielding.

TOP 10 Most Popular Cricketers

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. 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.

9. Muralidaran

Muttiah Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan cricketer regarded as the greatest Test match bowler of all time. He is the first wrist-spinning off-spinner in the game's history. Muttiah Muralitharan has a number of world records to his name. He has the most wickets in Test and ODI cricket. Murali took 800 in test and 534 wickets in ODI cricket. He is the only player to have taken 10 wickets in four consecutive Tests and to have taken 50 or more wickets against every Test playing nation.

8. Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar, a Pakistan cricket legend, is widely regarded as one of the fastest and most feared bowlers in international cricket history. Known as 'Pindi Express,' 'Tiger,' and 'The Terrarest of Cricket,' he was a former Indian cricketer. In the 1999 Asian Test Championship match in Calcutta, India, Akhtar took eight wickets, including clean bowling Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar at successive deliveries. It was, ironically, the first ball he ever bowled to Sachin Tendulkar. He 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.

7. Virat Kohli

Currently captains the India national team, Virat Kohli is one of most popular cricketers. Kohli holds several Indian batting records including;

• the fastest ODI century,
• fastest batsman to 5,000 ODI runs
• the fastest to 10 ODI centuries

Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are;

• the fastest batsman to 1,000 runs,
• most runs in a calendar year
• most fifties in the format

He also holds the record for most runs in a single tournament of both the World Twenty20 and the IPL.

6. Chris Gayle

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle is a cool cricketer. He is well-known for his massive sixes. He has been credited with helping West Indies score 205 against Australia in the ICC T20 World Cup semifinal-1, the tournament's highest total. Gayle is one of only four players in Test history to have scored two triple centuries: 317 against South Africa in 2005 and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010.

5. Brian Lara

Brian Lara is West Indian international cricket player, popularly nicknamed “The Prince of Port of Spain” or simply “The Prince”. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records. Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test inning after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004.

4. M S Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer who is best known as the captain of the Indian national cricket team in all three formats and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. For the first time, he led the Indian team to the top of the ICC Test cricket rankings. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. Dhoni is the first Indian player who achieve the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, he received the 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna' award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor. TIME magazine named him to its "Time 100" list of the year's most influential people.

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. 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. Akram was ranked as the best bowler in ODI of all time in 2002. Akram is considered to the Best Captain. He won 17 Man-of-the-Match awards in 104 tests and 22 in ODIs. He took 4 hat-tricks in International cricket. Akram hit 12 sixes in that, most by anyone in a test innings.

2. Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, nicknamed "Little Master," is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. In Test and one-day international cricket, he is the leading run-scorer and century maker. Tendulkar is the first player in ODI history to score a double century. He also holds the world record for the most Test and ODI matches played.

1. Shahid Khan Afridi

Shahid Afridi, better known as Boom Boom, is a Pakistani cricketer. Afridi is a well-known Pakistani cricketer. He is known for his aggressive batting style, and he holds the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 balls, as well as the record for scoring 32 runs in a single over. Afridi has also produced three of the seven fastest ODI centuries in history. He also holds the record for most sixes and the biggest six in an ODI. He hit the longest six in ODI history against Australia. Afridi has won the most 'Man of the Match' awards and is the second highest wicket taker in T20 cricket.