The following article enlists cricket players who have featured on YouTube platform and have channels of their own.
Hundreds of years ago, cricket was started as a gentleman’s game played only among top nations like England and Australia. However, slowly it emerged among the masses as one of their games and among nations as a profession to earn a livelihood.
With the gain of immense fandom, the cricketers have emerged as global icons and have inspired many in the sport. Now, with the rising career of players over social media platforms, several players have taken to YouTube, which gives them a social platform that helps them to share their knowledge on the game.
5 players with famous YouTube channels
1. MS Dhoni
The legendary Indian player, MS Dhoni, is among the most hyped cricketers in the world and relishes an immense fanbase in the nation and worldwide. The World Cup-winning skipper and CSK veteran, Dhoni, opened a YouTube channel long back around 2011, as it was when he shared videos of himself.
The channel named @MS Dhoni is the Indian skipper’s official YouTube channel with 24.7K subscribers and only 4 videos available.
2. Aakash Chopra
Akash Chopra runs a Youtube channel and boast of a 4.59 million subscribers (Image Credits: X)
Despite having a short international career, Aakash Chopra gained popularity with his commentary in the IPL. However, it was Chopra’s new reign on the YouTube platform that made him earn a big name in the world.
Chopra often posts videos concerned with the game and freely criticizes the cricket games, though even then he doesn’t sound obscene.
Since joining back in 2011, Akaksh Chopra has 4.59 million subscribers on the platform.
3. Sachin Tendulkar
The legendary Indian cricketer, who is often referred as the God of Cricket, also has a YouTube channel, and much like his Instagram page, he is often seen posting content based on cricket and sharing his expertise with the same.
Joined back in 2013, Sachin Tendulkar has 1.65 million subscribers on the social media platform.
4. Shoaib Akhtar
The features that often make Akhtar what he was during his playing days—his aggression and fierce confrontation style—can all be noted eminently in his videos on YouTube, where his words do all the work instead of the ball. The Pakistani cricketer is often seen even passing comments over the Pakistan team and condemning the board as well.
He started his channel in 2019, and since then, he has been among the most successful cricketers on the YouTube platform, as he now has 3.72 million subscribers.
5. Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravi Ashwin’s channel seems much more engaging and different from the others, as he often keeps the tone light. He is seen speaking in his native language, Tamil, wherever he has the opportunity to. He enjoys spilling facts over the game and also makes content over movies and such things.
Famous personalities like Virat Kohli, Kumara Sangakkara, and Sunil Gavaskar have made an appearance in interactive sessions on his channel. Starting back in 2020 during the Covid situation, he now has 713K subscribers on the YouTube platform.
