5 Indian Cricketers Who Battled Poverty Before Making It Big

The Indian cricket team is one of the greatest ones from all around the world. For all the right reasons? Indeed for all the right reasons. The life that Indian cricketers get to live is more than just luxurious. However, we often forget that the life they now get to live is a hard-earned one. While majority of cricketers hailed from a decent background there were a lot others who battled poverty to make it big in life. Many Indian cricketers had to do lowly jobs to make their ends meet and eventually make their dreams come true.

Here is a curated list of Indian cricketers who had to face hardships in life before hitting success:

1. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma often helmed as the Hitman of the Indian cricket team is currently leading the team. The record that this man has set is beyond crazy. However, many of us do not know that before hitting success and making it big Rohit had to battle poverty. His father was a caretaker of a transport firm storehouse and did not earn big. Furthermore, you would be astounded to note that Sharma used to deliver milk from one house to another so that he could buy a cricket kit for himself. This was revealed by Pragyan Ojha, his former teammate.

2. Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan who is often featured on this list of batsmen who have scored the most ducks in the history of Test cricket also had to face a lot of hardships before making his dream come true. Growing up, there were days in Zaheer’s life where he used to play cricket matches with an empty stomach. Furthermore, he even did monthly jobs for a sum of Rs 5000. Making his monthly ends meet in this amount and working on his dreams as well was a tough task but he never gave up.

3. Munaf Patel

A member of India’s 2011 World Cup-winning squad, Munaf Patel also faced a lot of financial problems during his earlier days. If reports are to be believed his father did not have his land. Hence, he had to work on someone else’s farm. During those days he used to earn a mere amount of Rs 35 as a daily wage earner.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal

Budding and rising stars of the Indian cricket team 21-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal used to sell Pani Puri outside Azad Maidan to earn money at night. Imagine selling pani puri in streets to make eventually make your dreams come true? It truly feels like the most speical feeling in the whole world.

5. Rinku Singh

IPL superstar Rinku Singh etched his name in the history books as he managed to score a total of 29 runs in the last over of IPL. He hit 5 consecutive sixes in order to make his team (KKR) make a historic win. That day the world got to know what kind of hardships Rinku went through in his life. Prior to making his career in cricket Rinku Singh used to deliver LPG cylinders at people’s doorsteps. There was also a time when he had to nearly opt for sweeping.

These are the Indian cricketers that we came up with. Making your dreams come true in a country that has billions of population is not an easy task. But these cricketers are a testament to how if you have hope and determination you can do anything in your life.