5 cricketers who share their names with rivers
What are the few things that strike your mind on coming across the word cricket? People can come up with different answers, most of which will be centred around the sport. But how many of us can see a connection between cricket and rivers?
Yes, cricket, which is primarily a sport that generates a huge amount of data and excitement has a connect with water bodies around the world.
In this article, let us see five such cricketers who share their names with different rivers of the world.
#1 Daren Ganga
Trinidadian cricketer Daren Ganga, who represented the Windies in 48 Tests, 35 ODIs and a lone T20I in a career that spanned a decade between 1998 and 2008, shares his second name with the holiest of all Indian rivers- the Ganga.
Daren though, could not have the kind of impact on cricket as the majestic river has in the regions that it flows through. Ganga, often flooding the areas situated on its banks when in full flow, is the lifeline for numerous farmer households and the backbone of the Indian economy.
Unlike the river, Daren Ganga could neither score runs in abundance nor could he prove to be the backbone of the Windies batting order at any point during his playing days.
In a career that never took off, Daren Ganga, primarily an opening batsman, managed to amass 2160 Test runs and 843 ODI runs averaging around 25 across both formats.
He is a product of that phase of Windies cricket which saw the once dreaded men from the Carribean turn into a docile cricketing force. He was also elevated to the role of skipper for the Windies in Tests in 2007, but he ended up on the losing side on both such occasions.
He did have success as captain of his home team, Trinidad & Tobago in the 2009 CLT20 as they ended the tournament as runners-up. More recently, Ganga has been seen doing commentary in various T20 leagues across the world.