Ranking 5 best cricket movies till date

Cricket is one of the most followed sports in India and the fans don’t get bored watching it throughout the year. For a normal human being, it is just a sport. But, for others, it is an emotion, a reason for living. It is equivalent to religion in the country that produced some gems in international cricket and people worship cricketers like Gods.

Even, they have termed Sachin Tendulkar as the ‘God of Cricket’. It is known that India has many religions and people speak in different languages. However, they all can understand the language of cricket.

Long ago, Bollywood directors had sensed these emotions. And, they found it as one of the ways to connect with their audience. So, they rolled out some cricket-based movies that reaped lots of success at the box office. Some of them got applause and some of them managed to make a special place in the hearts of the fans.

Now, when the Coronavirus outbreak has left everyone’s life miserable and the government announced a lockdown in the country, fans will surely be getting bored. So, let’s list out the top 5 cricket-based movies that will help them cut down some laziness out of their lives.

Here are the top five cricket movies:

1. Sachin- A Billion Dreams (2017)

A man who lived a gazillion 'billion dreams' of this cricket frenzy nation and instilled a sense of belief that the impossible can be achieved with consistent hard work and perseverance. In the year 2017, a biopic was made on the incredible cricketing journey and life insights of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. More fondly, known as the 'God of Cricket', this movie explores and tells the story of a small boy with big dreams who went on to become the most followed global icon and the most cherished Indian athlete after humble beginnings in the grounds of Mumbai.

Interestingly enough, it was Sachin's elder sister Savita, who motivated the legend to take up the game and gifted him his first cricket bat. Thereafter, his elder brother Ajit took the responsibility of honing his skills and guided him to take up cricket on a professional front. This incredible journey then transitioned to his mentor aka childhood coach Sir Ramakanth Achrekar who offered him vada paos as a reward, whenever Sachin did well in his gruelling practice sessions.

Besides, who can forget his the-then-world record partnership with former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli in school cricket which led him to make his debut in the Ranji Trophy when he was just 14? If that was not enough, the legendary batter went on to make his international cricket debut against Pakistan in 1989 at the tender age of 16. However, Sachin Tendulkar did not have the best of starts after the fiery pacer Waqar Akram broke his nose and the notorious Javed Miandad told him to visit the hospital. But a determined youngster stood his ground and played a match-saving knock of 57 runs for India.

Besides, this biopic also explores his life away from cricket in the form of his wife, Anjali Tendulkar's huge role in supporting Sachin Tendulkar throughout the cricketing journey at the apex level. All in all, the Indian legend ended up with a mind-boggling 34'357 runs with 100 international centuries for India. For serving Indian cricket and inspiring many generations, the batting maestro was duly felicitated with India's highest civil honour- Bharat Ratna in 2014. To end the movie plot with a fun fact, Sachin Tendulkar and his wife made his acting debut through his biopic movie.

Director: James Erskine, Actors:  Sachin Tendulkar, Mikail Gandhi, Anjali Tendulkar