Football
8 Cricketers and their Football Equivalents
These cricketers have a similar anecdote to the following footballers.
Despite being massively different, cricket and football do draw parallels to each other in many terms. Footballers and cricketers are often seen praising each other on social media and show great respect as well. This got us thinking about cricketers and their footballer counterparts. We have come up with eight cricketers and a similar footballer to each.
Let’s look at eight active cricketers and their footballing equivalents.
Virat Kohli and Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo vs Kohli (Image source: Twitter)
Both of them are the most popular athletes in their respective sports. Both Virat Kohli and Ronaldo construct their game around intense physicality and both are dropping off in their career.
Steve Smith and Lionel Messi
Messi and Smith (Image source: Twitter)
Although there is no one similar to Messi in cricket, if there has to be one, it should be Smith. Both of these players create magic when at their peak. Messi is known to bring out admiration from even his harshest critics. An in-form Smith betting in Test matches is also a sight to behold.
David Warner and Kevin De Bryune
Warner and De Bruyne (Image source: Twitter)
David Warner is the one of the best white-ball batters in modern-day cricket and can do everything. Similarly, KDB is one footballer who can defend, create goals and score bangers on a regular basis. Warner has made 400+ runs in an Indian T20 League season on eight consecutive seasons.
Tristan Stubbs and Pedri Gonzalez
Pedri and Stubbs (Image source: Twitter)
Pedri who plays for Barcelona in the Laliga is a player with huge potential. He is often compared with the likes of Iniesta and Xavi. Tristan Stubbs is a similar kind of player who has taken the T20I cricket by storm. In six matches for South Africa, the wicketkeeper batter has a strike rate of 216.
KL Rahul and Mohammad Salah
Salah and KL Rahul (Image source: Twitter)
Salah and Rahul are two players whose consistency in their respective sports is in a league of their own. Salah consistently scores more than 23 goals a season with the highest being 44. Similarly, Rahul has scored close to 600 runs in his last five seasons in the Indian T20 League.
Rishabh Pant and Neymar
Pant and Neymar (Image source: Twitter)
Both Pant and Neymar are known to be unconventional and crowd-pleasing in their sport. Their playing style however also frustrates their fans from time to time.
Babar Azam and Robert Lewandowski
Lewandowski and Babar (Image source: Twitter)
The Polish striker has been one of the best in the world for some time now. Similarly, Babar Azam has ruled the batting charts in recent years. Despite being one of the best, however, both Lewandowski and Azam continue to fail to take that next step and become the absolute best in their respective sport.
Jasprit Bumrah and Van Dijk
Van Dijk and Bumrah (Image source: Twitter)
Both of these players are one of the best at defending their team’s score. Additionally, they are one of the best in their respective sport as well. They also play for one of the best teams in football and cricket.
