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Cricketers who Tried their Luck in the field of Acting

Cricketers Debut In Movies
Cricketers Debut In Movies

Both Cricket and Bollywood have remained inseparable. We have seen a number of cricketers linked to the B Town divas and a few have actually married as well. We have examples of cricketers even trying their luck in the field of acting. Some have even given one or more films and have performed well over the silver screen. How about catching up the list of Cricketers who Tried their Luck in the field of Acting in the following paragraphs, let’s check them out:

Sunil Gavaskar : He is known as the Little Master apart from his sky-kissing sixes along with his impeccable straight drives. He has remained constantly a headache for the pace bowlers. But you know him not just a star on the cricket field but at the same time has appeared the 70 mm screen as well.  He did his cameo in 1988 film called Malaamaal starring Naseeruddin Shah.

Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar
Ajay Jadeja : He is among the prominent players of the nineties and known for his incredible catching skills and fielding. Besides, his bat also spoke the most though with the match-fixing scandal seemed to hampered his cricketing career. Consequently, he was seen trying his luck in the films as well getting a key role in a movie known as Khel released in 2003.

Ajay Jadeja Acted In Khel Movie
Ajay Jadeja Acted In Khel Movie
Kapil Dev : Remember Kapil Dev and you get the image of a robust man with a toothy smile, seen lifting the Cricket World Cup. It was time when he was completely relied for his batting and even bowling skills. He is fondly called as the Haryana Hurricane. He did a couple of movies right from Iqbal, Stumped, and Mujhse Shaadi Karogii.

Kapil Dev Acted In Iqbal
Kapil Dev Acted In Iqbal
Yuvraj Singh : Before he was seen the part and parcel of the Indian cricket squad he also has acted in a few films working as a child artist in the regional (Punjabi) films with his father Yograj Singh.

Yuvraj Singh Acted in Punjabi Film
Yuvraj Singh Acted in Punjabi Film
Salil Ankola: Salil Ankola might have failed to make it big in the world of cricket, but he managed to make a place for himself on Indian television. Salil has acted in a TV serial called Chahat aur Nafrat. Apart from featuring in movies like Kurukshetra and Chura Liya Hai Tumne, however, he gained the popularity for his stint in the known his horror shows like Ssshhhh… Koi Hai.

Salil Ankol (Surya Dev) Cricketer
Salil Ankol (Surya Dev) Cricketer

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