The cricketers of the Indian team have gained a massive fan following in the last few decades. The likes of Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar and other star players have an enormous fanbase. One of the interesting things about the names mentioned above is that not many players having the same surname played for the Indian team.
In this listicle today though, we will glance at the top five most common surnames of the cricketers who have represented the Indian team in Test cricket.
(Stats Courtesy: Kaustats on Twitter)
5. Kumar – 4 cricketers
Four players having the surname Kumar have played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team. Some of the most recent players with that surname are Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar.
4. Yadav – 5 cricketers
Five players having the surname Yadav have donned the whites for Team India. Suryakumar Yadav is one name that comes to the mind, but he has not played Test cricket yet. Umesh Yadav and Jayant Yadav are the recent names that pop up in the mind.
3. Patel – 6 players
Six cricketers having their last name as Patel have played Test cricket for the Indian side. Harshal Patel is yet to play Test cricket, but Axar Patel has done it. Some names that come to the mind are Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel, Rashid Patel and Jasubhai Patel.
2. Sharma – 9 players
India’s current Test captain is having the surname, Sharma. Apart from Rohit Sharma, there have been eight Test players of India having the same surname. Ishant Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Sanjeev Sharma, Gopal Sharma, Karn Sharma and Chetan Sharma are a few names that come to the mind.
1. Singh – 19 cricketers
The most common surname of Indian Test cricketers is Singh. India’s first Test player was Amar Singh. Some names that pop up in the mind are Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Lall Singh, Hanumant Singh, Yajurvindra Singh, Yograj Singh, Pankaj Singh, Harvinder Singh, RP Singh and VRV Singh.
