Nicknames of Cricketers of India and World

 

Nicknames of Cricketers of India and World

No:1. Cricket is a very popular sport and the players who play it also have a star image. Many cricketers are known by their nicknames rather than their original names.

No:2. Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is also known as Mahi and he also sings with the same name.

No:3. Sachin Tendulkar was given the name of Master Blaster for his powerful shot which was very much discussed all over the world.

No:4. During his batting, the commentators also kept addressing him as Master Blaster.

No:5. Sunil Gavaskar was called the Little Master.

No:6. Officials, umpires and commentators also get given nicknames – for e.g Steve Bucknor was known as the “Slow Death Bucknor.

No:7. ” Similarly, one of the greatest fast bowlers of all-time was given a nickname by a famous umpire.

No:8. In this post, important information about "Players Nicknames General Knowledge GK" has been given, which is important for upcoming exams.

List of Nicknames of Cricketers

S.No.	Cricketer	Nickname(s)
1.	Shahid Afridi	Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
2.	Mushtaq Ahmed	Mushie, Jaadugar
3.	Saeed Ajmal	The Magician, Saeed Bhai
4.	Shoaib Akhtar	Rawalpindi Express
5.	Wasim Akram	Sultan of Swing
6.	James Anderson	The Burnley Lara, The Burnley Express
7.	Warwick Armstrong	Big Ship
8.	Mohammad Ashraful	Matin
9.	Ravichandran Ashwin	Ash
10.	Michael Andrew Atherton	Athers, FEC, Iron Mike, Cockroach, Dready
11.	Trevor Bailey	The Boil, Barnacle
12.	Jonny Bairstow	YJB
13.	Omari Banks	Bankie
14.	Eddie Barlow	Bunter
15.	Gareth Batty	Boris, Nora
16.	Michael Beer	Froth
17.	Ian Bell	Belly, The Sherminator
18.	Richie Benaud	Diamonds
19.	Travis Birt	Edgar
20.	Allan Border	AB, Captain Grumpy
21.	Ian Botham	Beefy, Guy the Gorilla
22.	Geoffrey Boycott	Fiery, Boycs, Thatch
23.	Don Bradman	The Don
24.	Dwayne Bravo	DJ
25.	Mike Brearley	Brears, Scagg
26.	Stuart Broad	Westlife
27.	Katherine Brunt	Brunty, Nunny
28.	Jasprit Bumrah	Boom
29.	Mark Butcher	Butch
30.	Andy Caddick	Des, Shack, Wingnut
31.	Yuzvendra Chahal	Yuzi
32.	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	The Chanderwal
33.	Ian Chappell	Chappelli
34.	Roston Chase	Youngross
35.	Dan Christian	Dan the Man
36.	Michael Clarke	Pup, Clarkey
37.	Alastair Cook	Chef, Captain Cook
38.	Learie Constantine	Electric Heels
39.	Mark Cosgrove	Cossy, Baby-Boof
40.	John Crawley	Creepy
41.	Colin Croft	Bomber
42.	Kate Cross	Crossy
43.	Martin Crowe	Hogan
44.	Pat Cummins	Patto, Cummo
45.	Nida Dar	Lady Boom Boom
46.	Ian Davis	Wizard
47.	Phillip DeFreitas	Daffy
48.	Aravinda de Silva	Mad Max
49.	A. B. de Villiers	ABD, Mr. 360°
50.	Kapil Dev	The Haryana Hurricane
51.	Ted Dexter	Lord Ted
52.	Shikhar Dhawan	Gabbar
53.	M. S. Dhoni	Thala, MSD, Mahi, Captain Cool
54.	Graham Dilley	Pica, Dill
55.	Michael Di Venuto	Diva
56.	Basil D'Oliveira	Dolly, Bas
57.	Allan Donald	White Lightning
58.	Brett Dorey	Behemoth
59.	J. W. H. T. Douglas	Johnny Won't Hit Today
60.	Rahul Dravid	The Wall
61.	K. S. Duleepsinhji	Duleep Mr Smith
62.	Sophia Dunkley	Dunks
63.	Charlotte Edwards	Lottie, Chief
64.	Fidel Edwards	Castro
65.	Matthew Elliott	Herb
66.	Sean Ervine	Slug, Siuc
67.	Imran Farhat	Romi
68.	James Faulkner	The Finisher
69.	Steven Finn	The Watford Wall
70.	Andre Fletcher	The Spice Man
71.	Andrew Flintoff	Freddie
72.	Peter Fulton	Two-metre Peter
73.	Gautam Gambhir	Gauti
74.	Sourav Ganguly	Prince of Kolkata, God of Offside, Dada
75.	Joel Garner	Big Bird
76.	Mike Gatting	Fat Gatt
77.	Sunil Gavaskar	Little master, Sunny
78.	Chris Gayle	World Boss, Mr. T20, Universe Boss
79.	Herschelle Gibbs	Scooter
80.	Eddie Gilbert	Fast Eddie
81.	Adam Gilchrist	Gilly, Churchy
82.	Ashley Giles	Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain, Wheelie Bin
83.	Jason Gillespie	Dizzy
84.	David Gower	Stoat
85.	W. G. Grace	W. G., The Doctor, The Old Man, The Champion
86.	Rebecca Grundy	Grunners, Carol
87.	Umar Gul	Guldozer
88.	Asanka Gurusinha	Gura
89.	Brad Haddin	BJ, Hadds
90.	Richard Hadlee	Paddles
91.	Mohammad Hafeez	Professor, Professor of Sargodha
92.	Alex Hales	Baz
93.	Haseeb Hameed	Baby Boycott
94.	Steve Harmison	Harmy, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison)
95.	Chris Harris	Lugs
96.	Ryan Harris	Ryano
97.	Chris Hartley	Hannibal
98.	Ian Harvey	Harvs, The Freak
99.	Shane Harwood	Stickers
100.	John Hastings	The Duke
101.	Nathan Hauritz	Ritzy
102.	Matthew Hayden	Haydos, Big Fish
103.	Rachael Haynes	Des, Dessie
104.	George Headley	Black Bradman
105.	Alyssa Healy	Midge
106.	Hunter Hendry	Stork
107.	Ben Hilfenhaus	Hilfy
108.	Jack Hobbs	The Master
109.	Brad Hodge	Hodgey, Dodgeball
110.	Matthew Hoggard	Oggie
111.	Michael Holding	Whispering Death
112.	James Hopes	Catfish
113.	A. N. Hornby	Monkey, The Boss
114.	Merv Hughes	Fruitfly
115.	Nasser Hussain	Nashwan
116.	David Hussey	Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket
117.	Michael Hussey	Mr Cricket, Huss
118.	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Inzi
119.	Bert Ironmonger	Dainty
120.	Tamim Iqbal	Dot Baba
121.	Ravindra Jadeja	Jaddu, Sir Jadeja
122.	Phil Jaques	Pro
123.	Douglas Jardine	The Iron Duke
124.	Sanath Jayasuriya	Matara Mauler, Master Blaster, Sana
125.	Gilbert Jessop	The Croucher
126.	Mitchell Johnson	Midge, Notch
127.	Jess Jonassen	JJ
128.	Ernie Jones	Jonah
129.	Mohammad Kaif	Kaifu
130.	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Little Kalu, Little Dynamite
131.	Danish Kaneria	Nani-Danny
132.	Marizanne Kapp	Kappie
133.	Chamara Kapugedera	Kapu
134.	Dinesh Karthik	DK
135.	Michael Kasprowicz	Kasper
136.	Simon Katich	Kat
137.	Justin Kemp	Kempie
138.	Robert Key	Keysy
139.	Imran Khan	The Lion of Lahore
140.	Zaheer Khan	Zak
141.	Usman Khawaja	Uzzie, Captain Grumpy
142.	Delissa Kimmince	DK
143.	Michael Klinger	Maxy
144.	Heather Knight	Trev
145.	Alan Knott	Knotty, Flea
146.	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Bhuvi, The Swing Prince
147.	Virat Kohli	Cheeku, King Kohli
148.	Nuwan Kulasekara	Kule
149.	Anil Kumble	Apple, Jumbo
150.	Justin Langer	Alfie, JL
151.	Meg Lanning	Megastar, Serious Sally
152.	Brian Lara	The Prince of Port of Spain
153.	Gavin Larsen	The Postman
154.	V. V. S. Laxman	Very Very Special
155.	Bill Lawry	Phantom
156.	Geoff Lawson	Henry
157.	Darren Lehmann	Boof
158.	Brett Lee	Bing, Binga, The Speedster
159.	H. D. G. Leveson Gower	Shrimp
160.	Dennis Lillee	FOT
161.	Clive Lloyd	Super Cat
162.	David Lloyd	Bumble
163.	Chris Lynn	Lynnsanity, Bash Brother
164.	Nathan Lyon	G.O.A.T, Garry, Gazza
165.	Charles Macartney	Governor-General
166.	Stuart MacGill	Mac, Magilla
167.	Ken Mackay	Slasher
168.	Farveez Maharoof	Fara
169.	Jimmy Maher	Mahbo
170.	Sajid Mahmood	Saj, King
171.	Lasith Malinga	Malinga The Slinga
172.	Ashley Mallett	Rowdy
173.	Vic Marks	Skid, Speedy
174.	Charles Marriott	Father Marriott
175.	Mitchell Marsh	Bison
176.	Geoff Marsh	Swampy
177.	Rod Marsh	Iron Gloves, Bacchus
178.	Shaun Marsh	SOS
179.	Frederick Martin	Nutty
180.	Damien Martyn	Marto
181.	Lloyd Mash	Bangers
182.	Khaled Mashud	Pilot
183.	Angelo Mathews	Angie, Superman, Jocka
184.	Greg Matthews	Mo
185.	Glenn Maxwell	Big Show, Maxi/Maxy
186.	Brendon McCullum	Bash Brother
187.	Bryce McGain	McGoo
188.	Glenn McGrath	Pigeon, Millard
189.	Graham McKenzie	Garth
190.	Brian McMillan	Big Mac
191.	Craig McMillan	Macca
192.	Colin Miller	Funky
193.	Keith Miller	Nugget
194.	Misbah-ul-Haq	Lone warrior, Tuk tuk, Man of Crisis
195.	Amit Mishra	Mishi
196.	Dave Mohammed	Tadpole
197.	Beth Mooney	Moons
198.	Roberta Moretti Avery	Big Mom
199.	Chris Morris	Tipo
200.	John Morrison	Mystery
201.	Mashrafe Mortaza	Koushik
202.	Muttiah Muralitharan	Murali
203.	Tim Murtagh	Dial M
204.	Phil Mustard	Colonel
205.	Mohammad Nabi	The President
206.	André Nel	Nella, Gunther
207.	Mfuneko Ngam	Chew
208.	Paul Nixon	Badger, Nico
209.	Monty Noble	Mary Ann
210.	Ashley Noffke	Noffers
211.	Marcus North	Snork
212.	Makhaya Ntini	George, Mdingi Express
213.	Iain O'Brien	Ober
214.	Chris Old	Chilly
215.	Kerry O'Keeffe	Skull
216.	Bill O'Reilly	Tiger
217.	Milford Page	Curly
218.	Shikha Pandey	Sikhipedia
219.	Monty Panesar	The Mont-ster, Python, The Beard to be Feared, The Sikh of Tweak
220.	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi	Tiger
221.	Jeetan Patel	Dave
222.	Ellyse Perry	Pez
223.	Kevin Pietersen	K. P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes
224.	Liam Plunkett	Pudsy
225.	Kieron Pollard	Polly
226.	Peter Pollock	Pooch, The Big Dog
227.	Shaun Pollock	Polly
228.	Ricky Ponting	Punter
229.	Matt Prior	The Cheese
230.	Mustafizur Rahman	Fizz
231.	Suresh Raina	Mr. IPL, Chinna Thala
232.	Mark Ramprakash	Ramps
233.	Arjuna Ranatunga	Captain Cool
234.	Derek Randall	Arkle, Rags
235.	K. S. Ranjitsinhji	Ranji
236.	Abdul Razzaq	The Razzler, Bang Bang Razzaq
237.	Matt Renshaw	The Turtle
238.	Viv Richards	Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster
239.	Greg Ritchie	Fat Cat
240.	Jemimah Rodrigues	Lil' J
241.	Megan Schutt	Schutter/Shooter
242.	Virender Sehwag	Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh
243.	Mohammad Shahzad	Mahi, M. S., Shazi
244.	Rohit Sharma	Hit-Man, Shana, 264
245.	Sandeep Sharma	Sandy
246.	Anya Shrubsole	Hoof
247.	Peter Siddle	Sid Vicious
248.	Harbhajan Singh	Bhajji, Turbanator
249.	Mandeep Singh	Mandy
250.	Yuvraj Singh	Yuvi, Prince
251.	Steve Smith	Smithy, Smudge, GOD
252.	Fred Spofforth	The Demon
253.	Alec Stewart	The Gaffer
254.	Andrew Strauss	Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man
255.	Washington Sundar	Washi
256.	Mark Taylor	Tubby
257.	Ross Taylor	Rosco, Pallekelle Plunderer
258.	Sachin Tendulkar	The God of Cricket, Little Master, Bombay Bomber, Tendlya
259.	Jeff Thomson	Thommo, Two-Up
260.	Marcus Trescothick	Tresco, Banger
261.	Fred Trueman	Fiery
262.	Phil Tufnell	Tuffers, The Cat
263.	Charles Turner	The Terror
264.	Frank Tyson	Typhoon
265.	Derek Underwood	Deadly
266.	Max Walker	Tangles
267.	Georgia Wareham	Wolfie
268.	Shane Warne	The King of Spin
269.	Mark Waugh	Afghan - the forgotten Waugh, Junior
270.	Steve Waugh	Tugga
271.	Paul Wilson	Blocker
272.	Lauren Winfield	Loz
273.	Chris Woakes	Wizard
274.	Danni Wyatt	Waggy
275.	Suryakumar Yadav	SKY
276.	Bruce Yardley	Roo
277.	Monde Zondeki	All Hands

 

Note : Famous cricketers enter into the National Cricket Team of their respective countries with only one name, but when they leave the sport, they leave it with the nickname(s) given by fans, teammates, commentators, umpires and so forth.

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