5 Great Cricketers And Their Early Professions


BANGALORE: Cricket is one of the most celebrated events in the world. It is no big news that Indian cricketers are much more popular than the President of the country.

Apart from the insurmountable fan following receiving several prestigious honors and medals, there are some cricketers out there who opted a different occupation in their early lives. But their destiny brought them to cricket and no wonder it was the best decision of their life-time.

And if you are eager to note, then here is the list of 5 cricketers in the world who had entirely different professions in their past as compiled by sportswiki.com.  

#MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni— the captain of Indian cricket team in one-day internationals and  widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.  Today, everyone remembers, Dhoni as one of the most successful captains in the world, who has brought glories for India. But do you know, what was Dhoni’s profession prior to the start of his cricket career?

Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore, a district in West Bengal. His colleagues remember him as a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways. Like Dhoni, switching careers can bear you fruit of the sweetest taste in the world, provided it is the greatest passion you could ever follow in your life.

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