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5 Best Cricketers who played for two countries

17 Jan 2024 02:05 PM
5 Best Cricketers who played for two countries

Cricket is a widely followed and loved sport around the world. In a country like ours, every other kid dreams of becoming an international cricketer and playing for the nation. But how many of you know about these players who have played for not one, but two nations at an international level.

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1. Abdul Hafeez Kardar- Father of Pakistani cricket

Abdul Hafeez Kardar- Father of Pakistani cricket
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The First Player on our list  is Abdul Hafeez Kardar, regarded as the Father of Pakistan cricket. He was one of the three people to have played international cricket for both Pakistan and India.He was the first captain of the Pakistan team. Prior to India’s independence Kardar played for the Indian team. After that he played for Pakistan

2. Kepler Wessels - Australia and South Africa

Kepler Wessels - Australia and South Africa
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If there is anyone who has achieved success with both the countries he has played for, it has to be Kepler Wessels. To this day, he remains to be the only person to score 1000 runs in test matches for both the countries he has represented. He has also played 50 matches for both countries, in addition to being the first person to play for two full members of the ICC.Wessels remains the best ever cricketer to play for two countries, and it will be very tough to knock him off that position.

3. Nawab of Pataudi Sr. - England and India

Nawab of Pataudi Sr. - England and India
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Iftikhar Ali Khan, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952) was the 8th Nawab and the Captain of the India for the ttour to England i n 1946. His son Mnasoor, known as the Nawab of Pataudi, Jr, also later served as captain of the India cricket team.

He also played Test  for the England in 1932 and 1934, making him one of the few cricketers to have played Test cricket for two countries and the only Test cricketer to have played for both India and England. He played in six Tests in all, three as captain of India and three for England.

4. Luke Ronchi : Australia and New Zealand

Luke Ronchi : Australia and New Zealand
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Born in New Zealand but raised mostly in Australia, Luke Ronchi became a cricketing rarity by representing both countries. His first international incarnation came for Australia in the West Indies in 2008 when he stood in for the injured Brad Haddin in four ODIs and a Twenty20 and he showed he was not out of his depth: his glovework was brilliant and at the tiny Warner Park in St Kitts he clubbed a 22-ball half-century, then the equal third-quickest ODI fifty scored by an Australia player

5. Eoin Morgan

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Eoin Morgan, the current T20 and ODI Captain of England, first played for his home country Ireland. He is the first of the only two players in the history to have scored an ODI century for two different nations.

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