Cricket is perhaps India’s most influential religion, and cricketers are revered as divine beings. Indians are very enthusiastic about the game of cricket. Cricket is the only sport in a country of 1.4 billion people that brings together people from all over the country. Almost everyone in this country has played cricket in some part of their life. We have made a list of the 10 most popular Indian cricketers of 2022. People in India love cricket and they don’t only play it but also watch it a lot.
This year many Indian cricketers have shown their best performance which made every Indian fall in love with them or their way of playing. In 2022 India went to the semi-finals of the T20 world cup and had many good performances. Today we have brought to you the list of the 10 most popular Indian cricketers of 2022. Cricketers who were in the limelight and made themself a household names in every Indian house.
10. Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik is an outstanding Indian wicket-keeper batsman. His admirers adore him. He batted in 22 innings for India in 2022, scoring 287 runs with an average of 20.5 and a strike rate of 141.4, with the highest score of 55.
Dinesh Karthik also played in the T20 world cup for India and IPL for RCB where he performed very well.
9. Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja is an Indian all-rounder who is excellent at his work. His fans quite love him. In 2022 he played 15 matches (Test+Odi+T20i) for India and got 15 innings to bat where he scored 565 runs with an average of 62.8 with the highest score of 175. He scored 2 hundred while playing for India. Ravindra Jadeja also took 16 wickets for India with a 1 5Fifer.
Jadeja also played in the IPL for CSK.
8. Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant is an Indian wicket-keeper batsman who is great at his work. His fans quite love him. In 2022 he played 44 matches (Test+Odi+T20i) for India and got 43 innings to bat where he scored 1380 runs with an average of 37.3 with the highest score of 146. He scored 3 hundred and 7 fifties while playing for India.
Rishabh Pant also played in the T20 world cup for India and IPL for DC where he was the captain of the team.
7. KL Rahul
KL Rahul is an Indian wicket-keeper batsman who is excellent at his work. His fans quite love him. In 2022 he played 30 matches (Test+Odi+T20i) for India and got 33 innings to bat where he scored 822 runs with an average of 25.7 with the highest score of 73. He scored 9 fifties while playing for India.
KL Rahul also played in the T20 world cup for India and IPL for LSG where he was the captain.
6. Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav is an Indian right-hand middle-order batsman who is excellent at his work. His fans quite love him. In 2022 he played 44 matches (Odi+T20i) for India and got 43 innings to bat where he scored 1424 runs with an average of 36.3 with the highest score of 117. He scored 2 hundred and 10 fifties while playing for India.
Suryakumar Yadav also played in the T20 world cup for India and IPL for MI where he performed very well.
5. Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is an Indian all-rounder who is great at his work. His fans quite love him. In 2022 he played 30 matches (Odi+T20i) for India and got 27 innings to bat where he scored 707 runs with an average of 35.4 with the highest score of 71. He scored 4 fifties while playing for India. Hardik Pandya also took 26 wickets for India.
Pandya also played in the T20 world cup for India and PL for GT where he was Captain and also laid to their maiden IPL trophy.
4. Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian right-hand top-order batsman who is great at his work. His fans love him. He played 664 matches (Test+Odi+T20i) for India and got 782 innings to bat where he scored 34357 runs with an average of 48.5 with the highest score of 248. He scored 100 hundred and 164 fifties while playing for India. Sachin Tendulkar also took 201 wickets for India with a 2 5Fifer and because of this legacy which he made while playing for India, He is still one of the most popular cricket players.
Tendulkar is known as the God of cricket.
3. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is an Indian right-hand opening batsman who is excellent at his work. His fans quite love him. In 2022 he played 39 matches (Test+Odi+T20i) for India and got 40 innings to bat where he scored 995 runs with an average of 27.6 with the highest score of 76. He scored 6 fifties while playing for India.
Rohit Sharma also played in the T20 world cup for India where he was the captain and IPL for MI where he was also the captain.
2. MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni is an Indian former right-hand middle-order batsman who is great at his work. His fans love him. He is the one who changed Indian Cricket and make everyone fall in love with him and team India. He is the only captain to win all the ICC trophies. MS won the World cup, T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy, and The test Mace. Everyone knows how good of a batsman and wicketkeeper he was for India and because of this legacy that he made playing for India everyone still remembers him even though he is not playing for India.
MS Dhoni played in the IPL for CSK where he was the captain and played well in many matches.
1. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is an Indian right-hand top-order batsman who is excellent at his work. His fans love him. In 2022 he played 37 matches (Test+Odi+T20i) for India and got 42 innings to bat where he scored 1348 runs with an average of 38.5 with the highest score of 122. He scored 2 hundred and 11 fifties while playing for India.
Virat Kohli also played in the T20 world cup for India and IPL for RCB.
Conclusion
This was the complete list of the 10 most popular Indian cricketers of 2022. The list featured 5 full-time batsmen, 3 wicketkeeper batsmen, and 2 all-rounders. This shows the dominance of Indian batters among the fans. This list was not about a good a player is It was purely based on their popularity in the year 2022. Popularity often comes from their current performance or legacy for players like Sachin Tendulkar and Ms. Dhoni didn’t play any international games this year. But they are still in the mind of every fan because of their legacy.
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