Bollywood actress Mrunal Thakur, who will be next seen in a cricket-based movie Jersey has revealed her favourite cricketers. Along with Mrunal, Shahid Kapoor will play the role of the lead actor.
Mrunal, who plays the cricketer’s wife in the film, ahead of the release of the film was asked about her favourite cricketers from the international arena. The 29-year old said that Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, current India Test skipper Virat Kohli and former Sri Lanka T20 skipper and pacer Lasith Malinga.
Speaking to The Times of India, Mrunal Thakur said:
“Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar are my favourites and I like Malinga too for his long, curly hair.”
Incidentally, Lasith Malinga’s hairstyle was one of the most popular of a cricketer, along with MS Dhoni. While Dhoni’s were a little longer, Malinga’s were more famous because of the curls and golden colour. It was sold as a wig and whether it was Wankhede during the IPL or in Colombo, it was worn by many.
Talking about the same in 2019 in an interview, Malinga had said, “I started this long back and it is my style. As my hairstyle is not doing any damage to others I decided that it is best to go this way. People are making wigs and many things with my hairstyle and I enjoy with them.”
Talking about Mrunal Thakur’s favourite cricketers, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are two of the greatest batters in the history of the game. Tendulkar is the only batter to have plundered a staggering 100 international hundreds
On the other hand, Virat Kohli has amassed 70 international hundreds, and is the 6th highest run-scorer in the history of ODI cricket, with 12169 runs to his name. The current Indian Test skipper is also the 2nd highest run-scorer in T20I cricket
Lasith Malinga is the highest wicket-taker for the Sri Lankan side in T20I cricket and has 107 Wickets to his name. Malinga led Sri Lanka to the T20 World Cup title in 2014.
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