<strong>10 cricketers and their hobbies:</strong> The busy schedules, long tours and endless practice sessions come to an end and the cricketers make the best use of those off-duty days. From travelling to cooking, from guitar to cameras and from gaming to simply staying at home the players steal time once in a while from their hectic schedule to do what they love to do, of course other than cricket.

<strong>Here are 10 cricketers and their hobbies:</strong>

<strong>1. Virat Kohli&#8217;s workout:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Virat-Kohli-TS.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16660 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-TS.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="381" height="259" sizes="(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16660" class="wp-caption-text">(© Getty Images)</figcaption>

The poster boy of India loves to spend quality time with his family whenever he is not playing matches. Kohli is a fitness freak, he always finds time to hit the gym. After all, that eye grabbing look needs hard work. When not on duty Kohli also sneaks out time to travel as well.

<strong> 2. Mathew Hayden- the chef:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Matthew-Hayden.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-26008 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Matthew-Hayden.jpg" alt="Mathew Hayden" width="400" height="265" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26008" class="wp-caption-text">(© Getty Images)</figcaption>

How to treat a ball straight to the boundary is not the only speciality that Mathew Hayden the Australian smashing opener holds, ask him how to roast or grill a freshly caught fish or prepare the best recipes and he won’t disappoint you. Hayden’s love for cooking has led him to write two cookery best-sellers. Hayden no doubt has taken his hobby seriously.

<strong>3. Brett Lee&#8217;s love for music:</strong>

<img loading="lazy" class src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/221.jpg" alt="http://www.hourdose.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/221.jpg" width="417" height="289"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong>(source)</strong></em></figcaption>

The Australian speedster’s love for music is rather a known fact. Whenever off the field Brett Lee takes a tour to his studio, composing songs is his favourite hobby. Fishing is another relaxation Lee resorts to, along with spending time with his family specially his little favourite Preston.<strong><br></strong>

<strong>4. Dhoni&#8217;s gaming action:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/07/MS-Dhoni-car.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7075 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-car.jpg" alt="Richest Cricketers" width="394" height="248" sizes="(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7075" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: IndiaToday)</figcaption>

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s love for speed is evident to all, bikes and cars are his best toys. Dhoni never misses on a chance to ride his gears when he is off duty, but along with the cars and the bikes Dhoni is in a serious relationship with his PSP. He is crazy about video games and loves to watch history channels on Television.

<strong>5. Steyn&#8217;s Love for Nature:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/2.Steyn_.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-26167 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2.Steyn_.jpg" alt="Dale Steyn" width="387" height="387" sizes="(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26167" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: Instagram)</figcaption>

Dale Steyn the South African pace pack leader is a nature lover, from sky diving to surfing and from petting 5 dogs to travelling Steyn’s idea of past time involves a lot of nature. When you are lucky enough to witness some of the most beautiful views why not capture it? Dale Steyn has developed a love for photography and took up the main course for one whole year.

<strong>6. Sangakkara&#8217;s reading habits:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Kumar-Sangakkara-Last-Lap-of-honour.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-29524" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kumar-Sangakkara-Last-Lap-of-honour.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" width="384" height="254" sizes="(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29524" class="wp-caption-text">Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption>

The silent and calm person that the classic legend Kumar Sangakkara is, there would be no surprises when we say reading is his past time love. Oscar Wilde being his favourite author. On his free time he loves to read, it is kind of a necessary habit that Sanga has developed.

<strong>7. The Shopaholic Michael Clarke:</strong>

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Michael-Clarke-Wife-Kid-News.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-23846" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Michael-Clarke-Wife-Kid-News.jpg" alt="Michael Clarke" width="399" height="270" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23846" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Clarke. (Photo Source: Michael Clarke Twitter Handle)</figcaption>

The recently retired Australian Captain has a weakness for new clothes he loves to go shopping whenever he gets time. Probably his wife must be the happiest female you can find around, with a husband who has been a cricketing legend and who loves shopping she has everything a girl wants in life.

<strong>8. Broad&#8217;s various interests:</strong>

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Family time and mum’s cooked food are two things the English pacer simply loves. Broad has an inclination towards football and whenever there’s free time he makes it a point to watch the game. Playing games on Xbox is another one of his interests. Broad’s idea of relaxation is playing Golf and reading while he travels with the team on tours.

<strong>9. Akhtar&#8217;s love for speed:</strong>

<img loading="lazy" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" width="287" height="413"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" target="_blank">(source)</a></strong></em></figcaption>

The Rawalpindi Express of the Pakistan team Shoaib Akhtar , since he was a teenager loved speed. He loved to dart balls that proved tough for the batsmen to sight and how easy is it to guess that Akhtar loves biking.

<strong>10. Alastair Cook&#8217;s farm love:</strong>

<img loading="lazy" class src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/134692793_cricket_442180c.jpg" alt="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00442/134692793_cricket_442180c.jpg" width="401" height="267"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong><a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00442/134692793_cricket_442180c.jpg" target="_blank">(source)</a></strong></em></figcaption>

The England captain leads a simple life away from twitter, my space or any other social media, in a farm. On his days off, Cook wakes up does his training and leave for the farm in the afternoon lambing or rolling a field with tractors.

<p><strong>10 cricketers and their hobbies:</strong> The busy schedules, long tours and endless practice sessions come to an end and the cricketers make the best use of those off-duty days. From travelling to cooking, from guitar to cameras and from gaming to simply staying at home the players steal time once in a while from their hectic schedule to do what they love to do, of course other than cricket.</p>
<h4><strong>Here are 10 cricketers and their hobbies:</strong></h4>
<h4><strong>1. Virat Kohli’s workout:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_16660" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16660" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Virat-Kohli-TS.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-16660 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-TS.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="381" height="259" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16660" class="wp-caption-text">(© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The poster boy of India loves to spend quality time with his family whenever he is not playing matches. Kohli is a fitness freak, he always finds time to hit the gym. After all, that eye grabbing look needs hard work. When not on duty Kohli also sneaks out time to travel as well.</p>
<h4><strong>&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Mathew Hayden- the chef:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_26008" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26008" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Matthew-Hayden.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-26008 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Matthew-Hayden.jpg" alt="Mathew Hayden" width="400" height="265" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26008" class="wp-caption-text">(© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>How to treat a ball straight to the boundary is not the only speciality that Mathew Hayden the Australian smashing opener holds, ask him how to roast or grill a freshly caught fish or prepare the best recipes and he won’t disappoint you. Hayden’s love for cooking has led him to write two cookery best-sellers. Hayden no doubt has taken his hobby seriously.</p>
<h4><strong>3. Brett Lee’s love for music:</strong></h4>
<figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/221.jpg" alt="http://www.hourdose.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/221.jpg" width="417" height="289" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong>(source)</strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>The Australian speedster’s love for music is rather a known fact. Whenever off the field Brett Lee takes a tour to his studio, composing songs is his favourite hobby. Fishing is another relaxation Lee resorts to, along with spending time with his family specially his little favourite Preston.<strong><br>
</strong></p>
<h4><strong>4. Dhoni’s gaming action:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7075" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7075" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/07/MS-Dhoni-car.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-7075 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-car.jpg" alt="Richest Cricketers" width="394" height="248" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7075" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: IndiaToday)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s love for speed is evident to all, bikes and cars are his best toys. Dhoni never misses on a chance to ride his gears when he is off duty, but along with the cars and the bikes Dhoni is in a serious relationship with his PSP. He is crazy about video games and loves to watch history channels on Television.</p>
<h4><strong>5. Steyn’s Love for Nature:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_26167" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26167" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/2.Steyn_.jpg"><amp-img class="wp-image-26167 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2.Steyn_.jpg" alt="Dale Steyn" width="387" height="387" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26167" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: Instagram)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Dale Steyn the South African pace pack leader is a nature lover, from sky diving to surfing and from petting 5 dogs to travelling Steyn’s idea of past time involves a lot of nature. When you are lucky enough to witness some of the most beautiful views why not capture it? Dale Steyn has developed a love for photography and took up the main course for one whole year.</p>
<h4><strong>6. Sangakkara’s reading habits:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_29524" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29524" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Kumar-Sangakkara-Last-Lap-of-honour.jpg"><amp-img class=" wp-image-29524" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kumar-Sangakkara-Last-Lap-of-honour.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" width="384" height="254" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29524" class="wp-caption-text">Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The silent and calm person that the classic legend Kumar Sangakkara is, there would be no surprises when we say reading is his past time love. Oscar Wilde being his favourite author. On his free time he loves to read, it is kind of a necessary habit that Sanga has developed.</p>
<h4><strong>7. The Shopaholic Michael Clarke:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_23846" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23846" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Michael-Clarke-Wife-Kid-News.jpg"><amp-img class=" wp-image-23846" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Michael-Clarke-Wife-Kid-News.jpg" alt="Michael Clarke" width="399" height="270" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23846" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Clarke. (Photo Source: Michael Clarke Twitter Handle)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The recently retired Australian Captain has a weakness for new clothes he loves to go shopping whenever he gets time. Probably his wife must be the happiest female you can find around, with a husband who has been a cricketing legend and who loves shopping she has everything a girl wants in life.</p>
<h4><strong>8. Broad’s various interests:</strong></h4>
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<p>Family time and mum’s cooked food are two things the English pacer simply loves. Broad has an inclination towards football and whenever there’s free time he makes it a point to watch the game. Playing games on Xbox is another one of his interests. Broad’s idea of relaxation is playing Golf and reading while he travels with the team on tours.</p>
<h4><strong>9. Akhtar’s love for speed:</strong></h4>
<figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" width="287" height="413" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" target="_blank">(source)</a></strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>The Rawalpindi Express of the Pakistan team Shoaib Akhtar , since he was a teenager loved speed. He loved to dart balls that proved tough for the batsmen to sight and how easy is it to guess that Akhtar loves biking.</p>
<h4><strong>10. Alastair Cook’s farm love:</strong></h4>
<figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/134692793_cricket_442180c.jpg" alt="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00442/134692793_cricket_442180c.jpg" width="401" height="267" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong><a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00442/134692793_cricket_442180c.jpg" target="_blank">(source)</a></strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>The England captain leads a simple life away from twitter, my space or any other social media, in a farm. On his days off, Cook wakes up does his training and leave for the farm in the afternoon lambing or rolling a field with tractors.</p>

<p><strong>10 cricketers and their hobbies:</strong> The busy schedules, long tours and endless practice sessions come to an end and the cricketers make the best use of those off-duty days. From travelling to cooking, from guitar to cameras and from gaming to simply staying at home the players steal time once in a while from their hectic schedule to do what they love to do, of course other than cricket.</p>
<h4><strong>Here are 10 cricketers and their hobbies:</strong></h4>
<h4><strong>1. Virat Kohli&#8217;s workout:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_16660" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16660" style="width: 381px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Virat-Kohli-TS.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16660 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-TS.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli" width="381" height="259" sizes="(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16660" class="wp-caption-text">(© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The poster boy of India loves to spend quality time with his family whenever he is not playing matches. Kohli is a fitness freak, he always finds time to hit the gym. After all, that eye grabbing look needs hard work. When not on duty Kohli also sneaks out time to travel as well.</p>
<h4><strong> 2. Mathew Hayden- the chef:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_26008" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26008" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Matthew-Hayden.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-26008 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Matthew-Hayden.jpg" alt="Mathew Hayden" width="400" height="265" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26008" class="wp-caption-text">(© Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<p>How to treat a ball straight to the boundary is not the only speciality that Mathew Hayden the Australian smashing opener holds, ask him how to roast or grill a freshly caught fish or prepare the best recipes and he won’t disappoint you. Hayden’s love for cooking has led him to write two cookery best-sellers. Hayden no doubt has taken his hobby seriously.</p>
<h4><strong>3. Brett Lee&#8217;s love for music:</strong></h4>
<figure style="width: 417px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/221.jpg" alt="http://www.hourdose.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/221.jpg" width="417" height="289"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong>(source)</strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>The Australian speedster’s love for music is rather a known fact. Whenever off the field Brett Lee takes a tour to his studio, composing songs is his favourite hobby. Fishing is another relaxation Lee resorts to, along with spending time with his family specially his little favourite Preston.<strong><br>
</strong></p>
<h4><strong>4. Dhoni&#8217;s gaming action:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_7075" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7075" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/07/MS-Dhoni-car.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7075 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-car.jpg" alt="Richest Cricketers" width="394" height="248" sizes="(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7075" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: IndiaToday)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s love for speed is evident to all, bikes and cars are his best toys. Dhoni never misses on a chance to ride his gears when he is off duty, but along with the cars and the bikes Dhoni is in a serious relationship with his PSP. He is crazy about video games and loves to watch history channels on Television.</p>
<h4><strong>5. Steyn&#8217;s Love for Nature:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_26167" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26167" style="width: 387px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/2.Steyn_.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-26167 " src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2.Steyn_.jpg" alt="Dale Steyn" width="387" height="387" sizes="(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26167" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: Instagram)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Dale Steyn the South African pace pack leader is a nature lover, from sky diving to surfing and from petting 5 dogs to travelling Steyn’s idea of past time involves a lot of nature. When you are lucky enough to witness some of the most beautiful views why not capture it? Dale Steyn has developed a love for photography and took up the main course for one whole year.</p>
<h4><strong>6. Sangakkara&#8217;s reading habits:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_29524" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29524" style="width: 384px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/08/Kumar-Sangakkara-Last-Lap-of-honour.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-29524" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kumar-Sangakkara-Last-Lap-of-honour.jpg" alt="Kumar Sangakkara" width="384" height="254" sizes="(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29524" class="wp-caption-text">Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The silent and calm person that the classic legend Kumar Sangakkara is, there would be no surprises when we say reading is his past time love. Oscar Wilde being his favourite author. On his free time he loves to read, it is kind of a necessary habit that Sanga has developed.</p>
<h4><strong>7. The Shopaholic Michael Clarke:</strong></h4>
<figure id="attachment_23846" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23846" style="width: 399px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/07/Michael-Clarke-Wife-Kid-News.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-23846" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Michael-Clarke-Wife-Kid-News.jpg" alt="Michael Clarke" width="399" height="270" sizes="(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23846" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Clarke. (Photo Source: Michael Clarke Twitter Handle)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The recently retired Australian Captain has a weakness for new clothes he loves to go shopping whenever he gets time. Probably his wife must be the happiest female you can find around, with a husband who has been a cricketing legend and who loves shopping she has everything a girl wants in life.</p>
<h4><strong>8. Broad&#8217;s various interests:</strong></h4>
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<p>Family time and mum’s cooked food are two things the English pacer simply loves. Broad has an inclination towards football and whenever there’s free time he makes it a point to watch the game. Playing games on Xbox is another one of his interests. Broad’s idea of relaxation is playing Golf and reading while he travels with the team on tours.</p>
<h4><strong>9. Akhtar&#8217;s love for speed:</strong></h4>
<figure style="width: 287px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" width="287" height="413"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G1G0zkeJ7h-EPgwyXYLAfzzRy_iFnKt2vdLTeSaQgDJ_=w287-h413-no" target="_blank">(source)</a></strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>The Rawalpindi Express of the Pakistan team Shoaib Akhtar , since he was a teenager loved speed. He loved to dart balls that proved tough for the batsmen to sight and how easy is it to guess that Akhtar loves biking.</p>
<h4><strong>10. Alastair Cook&#8217;s farm love:</strong></h4>
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<p>The England captain leads a simple life away from twitter, my space or any other social media, in a farm. On his days off, Cook wakes up does his training and leave for the farm in the afternoon lambing or rolling a field with tractors.</p>

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