Meet India's most educated cricketer and it's not Rahul Dravid or Anil Kumble

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Aug 19, 2021, 11:55 AM IST

These players from across the country bring a lot of diversity to Team India and diversity is seen in educational qualifications of cricketers too.

Every year many players get a chance to play international matches for India and some of these players get famous like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and others but there are many who fail to shine on the big stage and fade into oblivion.

These players from across the country bring a lot of diversity to Team India and the diversity is often seen in the educational qualifications of the cricketers too. While some have very good educational qualifications there are many who are not so good at studies. Here. we will talk about the player who is often referred as 'India's most educated cricketer'.

We are talking about Aavishkar Salvi, who made his international debut for India against Bangladesh. Salvi is called as the 'India's most educated cricketer'. Salvi played a lot of first-class matches for Mumbai but he failed to perform well at the international level. Salvi played only 4 ODI for India and his career was cut short due to a serious injury. Salvi was also a part of the IPL for Delhi Daredevils.

The Mumbai-born bowler has completed his PhD in Astrophysics. It is to be noted that Astrophysicists work for ISRO and NASA. Anyone who is interested in space studies can study Astrophysics.