Top 5 Cricketers and Their Favorite Movies

Cricket and movies is a huge passion in the Asian Subcontinent. Not just the Asian Cricketers even the international stars love to watch movies whenever they are travelling across the world. 

In India, Bollywood and cricketers have a special connect. Virat Kohliis married to famous actress Anushka Sharma while Zaheer Khan too is married to Sagarika famous for her role in Chak De India. 

Some of the cricketers like to watch some of the most famous movies and have called their favorite. These movies are all time classics which even their fans love to watch again and gorge on. 

Here are the top 5 favorite movies of cricketers

5- Jasprit Bumrah - Pele 

The Indian pacer’s favorite movie is about Brazilian football star Pele. The former great was one of the best players of all time and shot to fame during the 1958 World Cup where he scored the winning goals as a 17 year. Jasprit Bumrah recently played a huge role for India in their win over South Africa to win the T20 World Cup. 

4- Rashid Khan – Dangal 

The Afghanistan star loves to watch the Aamir Khan starrer Dangal. The story is about Mahavir Phogat who made his daughters into world class wrestlers. Aamir Khan won several awards for his role as Mahavir Phogat. Rashid Khan has been one of the best spin bowlers ever since he has burst onto the scene. 

3- Virat Kohli – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil 

The former Indian cricket captain has stated that he loves the Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, and Anushka Sharma starrer. Karan Johar’s movie has a huge cult following as the three stars did commendable job. Virat Kohli has stated in many interviews that he loves to watch the movie and it is one of his favorites. 

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2- Babar Azam – Sultan 

Pakistan’s T20 skipper Babar Azam has time and again said that Sultan is his favorite movie of all time. Sultan was a huge hit and it starred Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma. The movie is about the return and resurgence of a once famous wresters who tries to win back his family. Salman Khan was largely lauded for his role in the second half of the movie as an MMA fighter. 

1- Rohit Sharma – Hera Pheri 

India’s ODI and Test skipper loves to watch Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, and Paresh Rawal’s Hera Pheri. The comedy movie became a huge hit when it came out in 2000 and its sequel Phir Hera Pheri too was a massive success in 2006. Its dialogues have become huge memes and still maintains a cult status amongst Hindi movie lovers.