Indian cricketers have not only followed cricket as their only sport of interest. Many other sports teams have been followed and adorned by Indian cricketers. Many times, we see cricketers in other sports leagues cheering on their favourite teams. There have been many instances where even these sports teams have celebrated our cricketers by inviting them as guests during the matches.

1. Manchester United

This football club of the English Premier League has been adorned by many Indian cricketers, both past and present. This club is no doubt one of the all-time favourites of the football fraternity and has a very rich history. Indian cricketers such as Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni have expressed their love for football many times. He has also conducted an interview inside the home stadium of Manchester United, which is at Old Trafford.

2. Real Madrid

The Spanish club Real Madrid is the most-followed football club in the world. This popularity has also touched many Indian cricketers who are followers of this club. The Real Madrid club has the support of many Indian players. Rohit Sharma is a prominent die-hard Real Madrid fan and is seen posting about this on social media and other platforms. He has also said about Real Madrid in interviews.

3. Manchester City

The recent impressive increase in Manchester City’s popularity has not left our cricketers untouched, and the club has also shown the same for our cricketers. The most prominent is Virat Kohli, who knows Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola. The club even went further in order to respect Virat Kohli when they sent Virat Kohli a special invitation to their recent game, which was the FA Cup final against Manchester United.

4. Arsenal

The football club has been adorned by many veteran cricketers. The English football club has popularity all across the globe, and Indian cricketers such as Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir are fans of this club. Both of them have officially spoken in many interviews about their love for the club. Gambhir also did not follow the trend that, when everyone was supporting clubs such as Real Madrid and Manchester United, he expressed his love for Arsenal.

5. Juventus

The Italian club was followed by many Indian cricketers, such as Virat Kohli. The main reason for this was Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo shifted to Juventus, and many times Kohli stated his love for Ronaldo and supported his club. Juventus also received support from others across the cricket fraternity outside of India.

6. Barcelona

The Spanish club has the second-largest following, just behind their long-time rivals, Real Madrid. This club is followed by many prominent cricketers, such as MS Dhoni and Kuldeep Yadav. They have a prominent liking for the club and support Barcelona over their long-time rivals. Real Madrid, which is also followed by many cricketers.

7. Argentina

The current world champions are also one of the favourites of Indian cricketers. The cricketers have shown their love for Messi on several occasions whenever asked about football. This was also seen when a large number of cricketers, including the head coach Rahul Dravid, took a break from cricket practice to watch the finals between Argentina and France and also celebrated the victory.

8. Portugal

As for the love for Messi among the Indian cricketers, Ronaldo also shares the same love, and many cricketers follow both of them, such as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Especially Virat Kohli, who has shown his love for Ronaldo on various occasions. Kohli was even disappointed in Portugal’s exit from the 2022 World Cup.

9. Spain

The Spanish national team has many players who follow cricket, and many Indian cricketers follow the Spanish team. Spanish legends such as Sergio Ramos are fans of Virat Kohli and also follow him on social media. Similarly, R. Ashwin is a huge fan of the Spanish team. He was seen supporting the Spanish team at the World Cup. In an interview, he also said that he would be supporting Spain for the World Cup 2022 no matter what the result of the World Cup was.

10. Germany

Like the Spanish team, many German football players also follow Indian cricketers and cricket in general. Players such as a Thomas Muller. Many Indian players especially follow Germany from 2014 world cup. When asked Muller and others follow cricketers such as Virat Kohli on social media platforms.