These 5 players ran after the money except Team India, now playing cricket for other countries

Team India: Wearing a blue jersey of Team India is the dream of every player, but there have been some cricketers who have moved to other countries for not getting permanent place in Team India (Team India).

The search for money, career safety and better opportunity forced them to leave Team India. Today these players are representing foreign teams. Let’s know about those 5 Indian players…

Rachin Ravindra is a talented cricketer from New Zealand, whose roots are related to India. His parents hail from Bangalore and his father named him “Rachin” with the names of two legendary Indian batsmen-Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid-.

Rachin has scored 1057 runs in 15 Tests so far with his highest score of 240. In ODIs, he has scored 1233 runs in 33 matches and his best score is 123*. At the same time, he has scored 339 runs in 27 matches in T20 International, in which his best score is 69 runs.

Keshav Maharaj (South Africa)

Keshav Maharaj is South Africa’s left -arm spin bowler, but his relationship is deeply connected to India. His ancestor went to South Africa in 1874 as a Girmitia laborer from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Keshav was born in Durban and his father Atmanand Maharaj has also been a cricketer.

Talking about cricket career, he made his Test debut in 2016, followed by ODI in 2017 and also in T20 in 2021. Keshav Maharaj has achieved the distinction of becoming the first spinner to take 200 wickets in Test cricket for South Africa.

Nasir Hussain (England)

Former England captain Nasir Hussain was born in the city of Chennai in India (then Madras). He moved to England in his childhood but his childhood was influenced by Indian culture. He had to struggle for many years to make a place in the England team.

He played a total of 96 Tests and 88 ODIs for England. He captained the England team from 1999 to 2003 and during this time won the team 17 Tests and 28 ODIs. Nasir Hussain is counted among the most successful captains of England.

Hashim Amla (South Africa)

Hashim Amla is one of the most spectacular batsmen of South Africa, whose roots are related to the state of Gujarat in India. His grandfather settled from Gujarat to South Africa in connection with business. Amla was the first black cricketer to be given the captaincy of the African Test team.

He captained 14 Tests, 9 ODIs and 2 T20 Internationals by the South African team. Amla continued to be recognized separately due to calm nature and technical batting style. He won the hearts of cricket lovers not only Team India with his simplicity and sportsmanship.

Shivnarayan Chandrapaul (West Indies)

Shivnarayan Chandrapaul is a former West Indies veteran batsman, whose roots are connected to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. His ancestors settled in Guyana under the Indo-Guyana community in the 19th century. His parents Kamaraj and Uma Chandrapaul were also of Indian origin.

Chandrapaul made her debut for the West Indies at the age of 19 and spent a very long and successful international career. He scored 11867 runs in 164 Tests including 30 centuries. In the ODI, he scored 8778 runs in 268 matches.