Nicknames of Cricket Players | Facts about Cricketing World Nicknames

Nicknames of Cricket Players | Facts about Cricketing World Nicknames

Sachin Tendulkar - Master Blaster

The name of Master Blaster has been associated with Sachin for quite some time. Truth be told, no one specifically gave this name. As the 1990s approached, Little Master's name (which was pushed forward after beating Gavaskar's record) was replaced with Master Blaster.

Sunil Gavaskar - Little Master

The title of Little Master was tied with Sunil Gavaskar when he became the first cricketer to score 10000+ test runs and set a world record 34 Test centuries, at that time.

Brett Lee - Binga

The story is cute and adorable, just like Lee. * Wink * was a chain of electronics stores in Australia called Bing Lee. The name stuck, and everyone took love, calling Binga.

Sanat Jayasuriya - Matara Mauler

He was perhaps the most destructive batsman Sri Lanka has ever seen. Suitably nicknamed as 'Matara Ruler', he can make best use of the bowling attack through his careless batting approach.

Virat Kohli - Cheeku

Kohli revealed that he got the nickname from his coach, who said that Kohli resembled Champak comics rabbit - Chiku Das due to his long ears and short hair.

Glenn McGrath - Pigeon

McGrath was named the pigeon with his pigeon-like legs during his career due to his light thin frame!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Mahi

Earlier his nickname was Mahe which is short for Mahendra. But once he got some fame, people started calling him Mahi too.

 Adam Gilchrist - Churchie or Gilly

Whereas, Gilli 'comes from his surname,' Churchie 'originates from the fact that he is a disciplined and religious Christian who attends church often and even says it before practice many times!

Ajinkya Rahane - Jinx

During his tenure together for the Rajasthan Royals, it was Shane Warne, who took the name of Rahane Jinks as he could not name his maiden name. And then, it was!

Rohit Sharma - Shaana & Hitman

His fans call him Hitman for his tremendous batting, while Yuvraj Singh named him with Shana as he believes Rohit Sharma is a 'wise man'.

People also ask

Who is nicknamed Pigeon in the cricketing world?

Glenn McGrath (Pigeon) And it was actually McGrath's New South Wales team-mate Brad McNamara who originally came up with the name after first catching a glimpse of the paceman's renowned spindly legs and reportedly commenting, per Steve Waugh in the Daily Telegraph: “You've stolen a pigeon's legs McGrath!''

Why is Clarke called pup?

8) Michael Clarke- Pup The former Aussie captain was nicknamed “Pup” even before his international debut. It was Ricky Ponting who apparently gave him that nickname. It was due to the baby-faced features the 22-year-old had at the time. “Being called Pup is fine,” said Clarke in an interview.

Which legendary bowler has the nickname Whispering Death?

Happy Birthday to our fast-bowling legend, Michael Holding. His nickname, "Whispering Death".

Who scored 50000 runs?

Sachin Tendulkar

While Sachin Tendulkar (with 50,192 runs) is one of among 16 cricketers in the world to breach the 50,000-run barrier, he remains the leading run-scorer when it comes to international cricket. Some of Sachin Tendulkar records in international cricket composes of some staggering numbers

Who is called God?

In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. God is usually conceived of as being omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent as well as having an eternal and necessary existence.

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