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Virat Kohli (विराट कोहली)
Virat Kohli (विराट कोहली), born 1988 in Delhi, Indian cricketer and former captain in all formats; record 55 ODI centuries, 2011 and 2024 World Cup winner, RCB IPL champion 2025.
Virender Sehwag (वीरेंद्र सेहवाग)
Virender Sehwag (वीरेंद्र सेहवाग), born 1978, Indian opening batter, ICC Hall of Fame 2023; first Indian Test triple-centurion (309, 319), record ODI 219, 2011 World Cup winner.
Viv Richards
Viv Richards (Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, born 1952), the "Master Blaster", Antiguan West Indies batsman 1974-1991: 8,540 Test runs at 50.23, 6,721 ODI runs at 47.00, World Cup wins 1975 and 1979, unbeaten Test-series captaincy record.
VVS Laxman (వంగిపురపు వెంకట సాయి లక్ష్మణ్)
VVS Laxman (Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman), Indian Test batter 1996-2012, Hyderabad-born; 8,781 Test runs at 45.97, famous 281 at Kolkata 2001 follow-on win vs Australia; later NCA head.
Wahab Riaz
Wahab Riaz (وہاب ریاض), born 1985 in Lahore, is a Pakistani former left-arm fast bowler: 27 Tests, 91 ODIs, 36 T20Is, 237 wickets, 2015 World Cup spell to Shane Watson, later PCB chief selector 2023-24.
Wanindu Hasaranga
Wanindu Hasaranga, born 1997 in Galle, Sri Lankan leg-spin all-rounder; ODI debut hat-trick vs Zimbabwe 2017, top wicket-taker 2021 T20 World Cup, 163 T20I wickets, former T20I captain, retired from Tests in 2023.
Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis (وقار یونس), born 1971, Pakistani right-arm fast bowler, the 'Burewala Express' and master of reverse swing; 373 Test and 416 ODI wickets, Wasim Akram's partner, later Pakistan head coach.
Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar, born 1999, is an Indian left-handed batting off-spin all-rounder from Tamil Nadu; Test debut at the 2021 Gabba, 7/59 vs New Zealand 2024, Gujarat Titans IPL player.
Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram, Pakistani left-arm fast bowler (b. 1966, Lahore): 414 Test and 502 ODI wickets, first to 500 ODI wickets, 916 international wickets; 1992 World Cup winner and Man of the Match, captain in 1999 final; master of reverse swing; ICC Hall of Fame 2009.
Wayne Parnell
Wayne Dillon Parnell, South African left-arm medium-fast all-rounder born 1989 in Port Elizabeth; 2008 U-19 World Cup captain, 6 Tests, 73 ODIs, 56 T20Is, later Kolpak Worcestershire and global franchise cricket.
Wriddhiman Saha
Wriddhiman Saha, born 1984, is an Indian former cricketer and wicketkeeper-batsman who kept wicket in 40 Tests from 2010 to 2021 and was rated the world's best by Virat Kohli.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Indian left-handed opening batter for Rajasthan Royals and India across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is; 2024 T20 World Cup winner, Test average 47.49 with 7 hundreds, from Azad Maidan tent to record-breaking double centuries.
Yashpal Sharma (यशपल शर्मा) (cricketer)
Yashpal Sharma (यशपल शर्मा), Indian right-handed middle-order batsman, 37 Tests and 42 ODIs 1978–1985; India's second-highest run-scorer (240 runs) in the 1983 World Cup win; later national selector; died 13 July 2021 aged 66.
Yasir Shah (یاسر شاہ)
Yasir Shah (یاسر شاہ), born 1986 in Swabi, is a Pakistani right-arm legbreak bowler, fastest Pakistan bowler to 50 Test wickets, 10-wicket match haul at Lord's 2016, and former top-ranked Test bowler.
Yograj Singh (ਯੋਗਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ)
Yograj Singh (ਯੋਗਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ) is an Indian actor, coach, and former cricketer who played one Test and six ODIs for India, best known as Yuvraj Singh's father.
Younis Khan
Younis Khan, Pakistan Test cricketer and former captain; Pakistan's leading Test run scorer with 10,099 runs, 34 centuries, average 52.05, highest score 313; led Pakistan to the 2009 ICC T20 World Cup title.
Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf Pathan (born 1984, Vadodara) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, brother of Irfan Pathan; T20 World Cup 2007 and World Cup 2011 winner, first player with three IPL titles, TMC MP for Baharampur since 2024.
Yuvraj Samra
Yuvraj Singh Samra (born 2006, Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian left-handed batter. Youngest ICC World Cup centurion: 110 off 65 balls vs New Zealand, T20 World Cup 2026, Chennai.
Yuvraj Singh (युवराज सिंह)
Yuvraj Singh (युवराज सिंह), Indian left-handed all-rounder born 1981 in Chandigarh; hit six sixes off Stuart Broad at the 2007 T20 World Cup, was Player of the Tournament in India's 2011 World Cup win, survived mediastinal seminoma, and retired 10 June 2019.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal, born 1990 in Jind, Haryana, is an Indian leg-spin googly bowler, former youth chess international, and the first bowler to take 200 IPL wickets (233 total), with 121 ODI and 96 T20I wickets for India.
Zaheer Abbas (سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی)
Zaheer Abbas (سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی), 'the Asian Bradman', Pakistani batsman 1969-1985: 5,062 Test runs at 44.79, first Asian with 100 first-class centuries, ICC president 2015, Hall of Fame 2020.
Zaheer Khan (ज़हीर ख़ान)
Zaheer Khan (ज़हीर ख़ान), born 1978, Indian left-arm fast-medium bowler, 2000-2014; 311 Test and 282 ODI wickets, 2011 World Cup winner, 2007 England series player of the series, later Mumbai Indians and LSG coaching roles.
Zak Crawley
Zak Crawley (born 1998, Bromley) is an English opening batter for Kent and England. Scored 267 vs Pakistan in 2020, England's third-youngest Test double centurion; Test average 30.96 after 60 Tests, lowest among openers with that many; dropped May 2026.