cricketers who escaped death
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 IST
cricketers who escaped death
Cricket is often associated with brutalities or injuries on the field. But the harsh nature of life has not kept itself away from the cricketers too. While some cricketers have lost their life on the field, there have been others who have been seriously injured on the ground. Some have fought hard with adversities while some like Raymond van Schoor and Phil Hughes have lost their battle with life recently.
The history of cricketers also has a lot of brave warriors who have escaped deaths and major life threats overcoming them by the power of their will. Here is a list of 10 such cricketers who escaped death.
Yuvraj Singh - Cancer
Andrew Flintoff – Drowning in the Caribbean
Dinesh Chandimal – Tsunami
Wasim Akram – Attacked by Gunman
Michael Clarke – Skin Cancer
Jesse Ryder – Coma
Matthew Wade – Testicular Cancer
Muttiah Muralitharan – Tsunami
Geoffrey Boycott – Throat Cancer
Sri Lankan Team – Terrorist attack
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