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Cricket Stars And Their Cars
Posted on 22 Mar 201238,100 Views Comments
The love affair between the 'Men in Blue' and cars is a never-ending one. We profile 6 cricketers and their cars
Just like Bollywood actors, cricketers and their fondness for cars is well known. We take a peek inside the garages of the Men in Blue to find out if the cars they drive are as sensational as the cricketers themselves.
Sachin Tendulkar
We all are aware about the fiasco that happened after Sachin requested a custom duty waiver over the Ferrari 360 Modena that was gifted to him by Fiat after the batting maestro equalled the late Don Bradman's tally of 29 Test centuries; all that is in the past as he's sold off the Ferrari and bought the Nissan GT-R. Besides this, the Master Blaster owns a silver-coloured Mercedes-Benz, Volvo S80 and a black Opel Astra, which he won at a Sharjah tournament among many others.
MS Dhoni
Coming next is Captain Dhoni, whom everyone fondly calls Mahi. The captain's passion for automobiles is also pretty well-known – be it cars or sports bikes. Recently, the star cricketer bought a Hummer at a whopping Rs 1 crore, in which he drove from Delhi via Lucknow to his hometown Ranchi. Apart from the Hummer, Mahi owns a Toyota Corolla, a customised open-top Scorpio, Mitsubishi Pajero, Harley-Davidson, Yamaha 650cc sports bike, Kawasaki Ninja and other two-wheelers.
Yuvraj Singh
This young boy from Chandigarh slowly cemented his place in the cricket world and in our hearts too. Yuvraj’s first car was a Honda City gifted by his dad but post the memorable game against England in the ICC World T-20 match in September 2007 where he hit six consecutive sixes and also scored the fastest fifty ever by any batsman, Yuvi became the king of all hearts. It was here that Yuvraj was awarded a Porsche 911 for his 6 sixes achievement by the vice president of BCCI. The Porsche aside, the young, enigmatic cricketer is a proud owner of a Mercedes-Benz, BMW M5 and M3 priced at Rs 1 crore (M5) and Rs 80 lakh (M3) respectively.
The list of luxury cars Yuvraj owns doesn't stop here! The stupendous all-round performance in the recently concluded Cricket World Cup 2011 has got him an Audi A8L from the Indian unit of German-based leading luxury car maker.
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