Shortest Cricketers with Big Records and Achievements

Bangladesh Cricketer Mominul Haque currently getting viral on social media after scoring his first century against the strongest team India on the 4th day of the 2nd test in Kanpur.

Even after India claimed three wickets including the amazing delivery from Bumrah and an outstanding one-handed catch by the Indian captain Rohit Sharma, but Mominul stood out with his determination and best performance and even shocked his teammates with his century.

Recently Rishabh Pant commented on Bangladesh cricket Mominul Haque’s height after Ashwin’s delivery bounced and directly hit Mominul’s helmet, Rishabh Pant joked to the closed fielder about the moment and the possibility of an LBW, even if the ball got struck the Mominul’s helmet, which went viral on the internet. But as we have seen in cricket even some of the greatest cricketers are short and shown the world that height doesn’t matter.

Mominul is one of the star cricketers and ranks fourth in the list of highest run scorers in Bangladesh test cricket, with over 4200 runs and 13 centuries on his name.  His outstanding achievements highlight that cricket has many talented player who may not be perfect in height best perfect on the cricket pitch.

Let’s have a look at the shortest cricketers who made a big impact

1. Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar is popularly known as the “Little Master “ in cricket, he is 5 feet and 4 inches in height. Gavaskar is the player who was highly recommended for his batting against the fast bowlers from West Indies who are mainly known as the pace attack and are considered the most aggressive bowlers in cricket history. Gavaskar leadership of the Indian cricket team is remembered as one of the best and most aggressive approaches, which led to succeeding victories in Asia Cun in 1984 and the World Championship of Cricket in 1985.

2. David Boon

David Boon is 5 feet and 3 inches tall and is recognized for his strong build and iconic mustache cricketer, Boon scored over 7,000 runs in Test cricket and played more than 100 matches for both the Australia Test and One Day International (ODI) teams. Pursuing his international career, he became the captain of Durham in England before becoming the national selector and sports speaker.

3. Gundappa Viswanath

Gundappa Viswanath is 5 feet 3 inches in height and he was recognized as one of the greatest batsmen during the period of 1970s. Viswanath holds the record of scoring a double century on his first class match debut against the state Andhra Pradesh team in 1967 and also scored a century in his test match debut. He was awarded with C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award (the highest honor in Indian cricket for the former cricketers) in 2008 for his exceptional contribution to the cricket world. 

4. Temba Bavuma

Temba Bavuma who is 5 feet and 4 inches in height is the star player of South African cricket and serves as a captain in Test and ODI cricket and was also the captain of T20 format earlier. The right-handed opening batsman made history as the first black African cricketer to score a Test century for South Africa and also as the captain of the team. Also, Bavuma is one of the three South African cricketers to score a century on his ODI debut against the Ireland team in September 2016.

5. Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar or you can say the “Master Blaster or the “God of Cricket”, who is just 5 feet and 5 inches in height but his records are as high as the clouds are. He has recorded the most runs in Test and One Day Internation (ODI) cricket. He scored over 34,000 runs in all formats including 15000 runs in Test and over 18000 runs in ODIs. In 2010, Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score a double century in an ODI achieved against the South African team. His outstanding record of scoring a double century with not out is still a landmark in cricket.

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