Cricket is most popular sports played by Australia, England, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and other associate nations. Their career began on a different level but due to passion in sports of cricket, they decided to give away their profession and decided to play cricket on a regular basis.
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When they watched the game of cricket, they decided to switch from their profession and focus to become a successful cricketer.
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Here we look at the 6 cricketers who gave their profession to play cricket:-
1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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One of the greatest captains in Indian Cricket, MS Dhoni was ticket collector in Railway department at the Kharagpur Railway Station between 2001 and 2003. His talent was recognized and the rest is history.
He made his ODI debut for India against Bangladesh in 2004. In total, he has played a total of 90 tests and scored 4876 runs. At the present moment, he is currently in ODI and T20I squad.
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MS Dhoni led India to ICC World T20 in 2007, ICC World Cup 2011 and ICC Champions Trophy 2011. Under his captaincy, India also became the number 1 ranked test team in the world.
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Like shown his in his movie MS Dhoni untold story, he has led India to many historic victories and the journey of becoming a successful cricketer.
2. AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers, who retired this year was an all-rounder in all sports including Rugby, hockey, Badminton and Cricket. For research in Science, he received the Nelson Mandela medal.
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The greats of the game played a total of 114 test matches, 228 One day internationals and 78 T20I matches for South Africa. He made his test debut for South Africa on 17th December 2004.
One year later he made his ODI debut against England on 2nd February 2005. On February 2006, AB de Villiers made his T20I debut against Australia. AB de Villiers known for his innovative batting entertained the whole world.
3. Brad Hodge
Before coming to cricket, Brad Hodge was an employee at a local petrol pump. He played a total of only 6 test matches scoring just 503 runs with 1 century and 2 half centuries. Apart from 6 test matches, he played 25 One day internationals and 15 T20Is for Australia. He came at the lower order and bowled part-time off-spin.
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He made his test debut for Australia against West Indies at Hobart on 17th November 2005. On 3rd December 2005, Brad Hodge made his ODI debut against New Zealand. His T20I debut was against Zimbabwe on 12th September 2007. He coached the Gujarat Lions team in 2017 edition.
4. Shane Bond
Before becoming a cricketer, the right arm fast bowler was a policeman in New Zealand. He played a total of 18 test matches, 82 One day internationals and 20 T20Is for New Zealand.
Shane Bond was majorly a fast bowler who created pressure on the opposition batsmen with his abilities rush with pace and bounce. He made his test debut against Australia on 22 November 2001 and played his last match against Pakistan on November 24th 2009.
On 11th January 2002, Shane Bond made his ODI debut versus Australia and final ODI was against Australia on 13th March 2010. On 21st October 2005, he made his T20I debut against South Africa and the final match was against England on May 10th 2010. He is currently the bowling coach of Mumbai Indians side in IPL.
5. Nathan Lyon
Before coming to the cricketer, one of the best spinners in test matches Nathan Lyon was a pitch curator in Canberra. He made his test debut against Sri Lanka on 31st August 2011. So far he has picked a total of 306 wickets from 78 matches.
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He made his ODI debut for Australia on 8th March 2012 against Sri Lanka at Adelaide. Since his debut, he has played only 15 One day internationals and taken 18 wickets. Nathan Lyon only has played 1 T20I for Australia.
6. Mohammad Tauqir
Before coming to cricket, Mohammad Tauqir worked in the bank. In the 2015 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, he was a part of United Arab Emirates led side. He played 11 One day internationals for UAE. His best score in ODI’s has been 55.
For UAE, he played only 3 T20Is. He was the captain of UAE team which played in 2015 World Cup.