5 Cricketers Who Changed Their Religion. Tillakaratne Dilshan
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5 Cricketers Who Changed Their Religion; Religious beliefs have always been a common scenario in the world. Cricketers are not an exception, as you often come across players looking at the sky to offers prayers to the god ahead of taking the strike or whenever they hit a century or bag a 5-wicket haul. It is not only restricted to one or a couple of teams but almost all players in the world cricket have similar religious beliefs.

Surprisingly, we come across a few people changing their religion either for love of their life or for some personal reasons. Here, in this article, we have figured out 5 cricketers, who changed their religion for obvious reasons. Have a look:

5 Cricketers Who Changed Their Religion:

5. Mahmudul Hasan:

5 Cricketers Who Changed Their Religion, Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mahmudul Hasan (Credits – Twitter)

The 28-year old Bangladesh cricketer Mahmudul Hasan finds a name in the chart, as he converted from Muslim to Hindu Religion. He was a part of the 2008 Under-19 World Cup squad and then led the side successfully in 2009 during their home series against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England.

He played one Test match for Bangladesh with the name of Mahmudul Hasan and later converted to Hindu religion. Mahmudul Hasan changed his name to Vikash Ranjan Das and surprisingly, he never played for his country since then.

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