10 cricketers whose names are hard to pronounce
Unlike Joe Root, not every cricketer's name is easy to pronounceMost of us may pride ourselves in knowing all about our favourite teams and may also have all statistical data in our fingertips. But when it comes to something as simple as pronouncing the names of certain cricketers, boy do we have a hard time! No matter how much we try to get their names right, more often than not, we do not manage to.Even experienced cricket analysts and commentators are sometimes at a loss of words when they have to talk about a certain cricketer but are not quite sure how to pronounce his name.Inspired by Sri Lanka’s Chanaka Welegedera, whose full name reads Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara, here is a fun list of 10 such cricketers, whose names throw us off completely.
#1 Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Mpumelelo Mbangwa is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who rose to prominence in his early 20s. After he was dropped from the Zimbabwe side following the 2002 Champions Trophy, he became a cricket commentator for television and continues to commentate to this day. While he may not have made it as a player, he is a renowned commentator, who is known for his enthusiastic commentary..
Although his name might seem unpronounceable at the outset, one has to remember that both leading “M”s in his name are silent. But much to the comfort of the cricketing circles, he is popularly known as “Pommie” or “Pom” and that is used to refer to him, more than his actual name.