During ancient times, cricket was a game only limited to two nations, England and Australia, ??before colonialism brought it to Asia, Africa, and Ce??ntral America.

Slowly but steadily its popularity grew manifolds and interests increased i??n several countries, who took up the sport at the international level and e??xcelled.

Over the last century, cricket turned out to be an international affair and boards started giv??ing opportunities to foreign nationals.

Moreover, situations often force people to migrate from one country to the other. There ha??ve been instances whe??n cricketers were born in different nations but ultimately played for a different country.

Today, let’s have a look at the five cricketers who have played international cricket but were born in top countrie??s renowned in the football world:

1. Ashok Gandotra

Former Indian all-rounder Gandotra, went on to?? represent India in a couple of Test matches in 1969, against New Zealand and Australia.

Gandotra was born to a foreign services? officer who was posted at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Soon, his motherland called him back in Delhi where he played exceptionally well in both school and college level, before managing to re??present the country in Tests. Later, he sacrificed his cricketing career to pursue studies.

Brazil is the five-time world cup winning, frenzied soccer nation, which has produced stars such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Pele, and now Marcelo, Thiago Silva, and Ne??ymar.

2. Ted Dexter

Dexter, born in Milan in Italy, went on to represent England in international cricket and developed a reputati?on for being a hard-hitting middle-order batsman.

Dexter represented England in 62 games a?nd amassed over 4500 runs. Further??, in his first-class career, he made over 20,000 runs to go down as one of the greats.

Italy is the four-time world cup winners and is yet another soccer-crazy nation?, which has its own league ‘Serie A� which houses some of the giants in clu?b football.

3. Donald Carr

England, over the years, has produced several cricketers who have their roots in a differen?t country. And so were Germany born Donald Carr ??who represented England in the whites.

Carr became the first player from Germany to play Cricket at the highest level. Germany went on to lift the world cup in the 2014 Fifa World Cup and are one of the giants in world football. Also, Germany has produced stars in Formula One?? and many other sport??s.

4. Dick Westcott

Portugal is a European powerhouse which has produced legends, Louis Figo, Nan?i, and Cristiano Ronaldo, and have rec??ently won the 2016 European Cup.

Born in Lisbon in Portugal, Di??ck Westcott, went on to play for South Africa at the international level. Westcott featured in five Test matches, where he amassed 16??6 runs with the best score of 66.

5. Moises Henriques

Another cricketer from Portugal origin, Moises Henriques was deemed as one of t?he brightest all-rounders produced by Australia.

However, untimely-injuries forced him to be drafted in and out of the side before going out of favour. Henriques also displayed his potential at the int??ernational level, although briefly and sporadically.

Henriques remains to be one of the giants of the domestic circuit and is a popular buy in the Indian Premier League (IPL), where he has appeared for several franchises. Henriques is a loyal Sydney Sixer in the Big Bash League (BBL), for whom he has won the T20 league title with.

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India has been a consistent team in Test format. Having played as many as 542 Tests, India has undoubtedly earned a champion team status in the cricketing world. I??n the current World Test Championship (WTC), India are at the top with 360 points.

However, to qualify in the Indian Test side is pretty difficult as the competition for national team selection is way too hard here. That’s why some of the top performers in the domestic circuit get ignored at times.

Jus??t like England, the Indian team has players in the past from other co??untries. Few players born in different countries have been able to represent India in red-ball cricket.

Let’s have a look at four Test players who were born outside India:

4.) Lall Singh – Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lall Singh was amongst the list of first players who represented India in Test cricket. He appeared in India’s inaugural Test match against England in 1932 at the Lord’s Cricket Ground. Not only this, but he was also the first Test cricketer of an Asian team who was born in a non-Test playing country. Lall was born in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur in December 1909.

Lall played knocks of 15 and 29 runs, respectively; however, it turned out to be his first and last Test.
When it comes to his first-class career, t??he right-handed batsman has featured in a total of 32 matches in which he accumulated 1123 runs with one hundred and five half-centuries.

3.) Robin Singh – Born in Trinidad

The genius all-roun?der who changed the mindset of Indian cricket by producing all-round efforts, Robin Singh still remains the most capped player in international cricket for India who was born outside.

Robin was born in the Princes Town, which is a city in Trinidad and Tobago. Many don’t know that he made his professional debut for his home team before moving to India.

In October 1998, Robin made his Test debut against Zimbabwe, however, just like Lall Singh, Robin also featured in one Test for Team India. He made 27 runs in th??at game.

Despite his lousy show in red-ball format, Robin had an excellent time in white-ball cricket. He played 136 ODI matches and clubbed 2336 r??uns with one hundred and nine half-centuries. He also bagged 69 wickets in his ODI career with 5/22 being his best.

2.) Ashok Gandotra – Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lots of people are not aware of the fact that there has been only one cricketer born in Brazil who has featured in Test cricket. He was left-handed batsman Ashok Gandotra. He was born in November 1948 in Brazil’s famous Rio de Janeiro.

Gandotra made his India?? debut during the 1969/70 home season where he featured in two Tests �one against New Zealand and another against Australia. He scored only 54 runs in those two Tests at? an average of 13.5.

1.) Salim Durani – Born in Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghanistan d?ebuted in Test cricket in 2018, but the first-ever Test cricketer born in this country made his entrance in Test cricket way back in 1960; it was left-handed batsman Salim Durani.

Durani was born in Afghanistan’s Kabul in December 1934. The Arjuna awardee made his Test debut at the start of 1960 against Australia at the Brabourne Stadium.

Incidentally, Durrani’s farewell Test also came at the same venue in 1973 against England. Overall, Durani played 29 Test matches for India, in which he scored 1202 runs with the help of eight 50+ scores including a hundred.
Durani w??as a spin bowler as well; he bagged 75 wickets at a?n average of 35.42.

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