Reliving Epic Cricket Ads from MS Dhon’s Helicopter Shot to Kevin Pietersen’s Exchange Hit: Living Epic Cricket Ads from the Past

Cricket is still India’s top sport. While other sports such as football, hockey, kabadd, etc., have had a reasonable share of success, and efforts are made at regular intervals also because of their growing popularity, the gentlemen’s craze is unparalleled in the country.

Ever since Kapil Dev raised the country’s most important prize ever, the 1983 World Championships, the image has been engraved in the minds of every Indian cricket lover. Since then, the game has become much more than just a sport as it is called a religion in India. For this reason, star crickets are worshiped as gods throughout the country.

Passionate cricket fans in India worship people like MS Dhon, Virat Kohl, Rohit Sharman, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Gangulyin, Rahul Dravid, Kapil, Sunil Gavaskar and many others, while passionate cricket fans in India do not worship borders since the IPL was launched in 2008.

The T20 format has certainly led to a huge change in the way sports are played today. Several franchise leagues, major sponsors, business participants, and Bollywood celebrities have added more fans to the game. So many top actors have been involved in some parts, so they’ve come along with cricket and drove viewers crazy.

In the past, several iconic cricket ads have been portrayed with top actors as well as foreign and national crickets. Here are some nostalgic cricket commercials from the past, including Dhoni, Sehwag, Ranbir Kapoor, Harbhajan Singh, Kevin Pietersen, etc.

In the following ad, you can see some of the top players who control their own field (be it a helicopter, a Doosra, a Dilscoop or a Switch), in a fun way. Here are the ads:

There have been many such cricket advertisements that have seen a combination of cricket organizations and actors and thus showcased the performing skills of these athletes. It not only adds fanfare, entertainment and excitement to viewers around the world, but also helps create big ticket events (be it the IPL, T20 World Cup, etc.).