1 to 100 jersey number in cricket

1 to 100 jersey number in cricket – The jersey numbers in cricket were first used in the 1999 World Cup, where captain wore the jersey number 1 while others wore from number 2 to 15. Now, the players choose their favourite numbers, some are based on the numerology belief, astrology, birthdate, and some take it as random.

1 to 100 Jersey number in cricket

Let’s look at 1 to 100 jersey number in cricket and the stories behind those

• Herschelle Gibbs started to change jersey numbers every year in 2005, and started with 5,6,7,8,and 9 during retirement in 2009.
• Virat Kohli dedicated his jersey number 18 to remember his father, who died when the former Indian captain was 18 years of age.
• Yuvraj Singh was born on 12 December(12th month) at Sector 12 in Chandigarh and kept his jersey number as 12 as well.
• Sachin Tendulkar originally wore jersey with number 99, but changed to 10 on the advice of the astrologer, which in turn helped him in the career.
• MS Dhoni was born on 7 July(7th month) and kept his jersey number as 7.
• Rohit Sharma’s lucky number is 9, but could not wore the same jersey number.  But with his mother advice, his jersey number was fixed at 45(4+5=9).
• Morne Morkel kept his jersey number as 65, corresponding to his height of 6 feet 5 inches.
• Rahul Dravid changed his jersey number from 5 to 19, which serves as a reminder for his wife’s birthday.

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