11 Cricketers who miraculously escaped death

Cricket is often associated with brutalities or injuries on the field. But the harsh nature of life has not kept itself away from the cricketers too. While some cricketers have lost their life on the field, there have been others who have been seriously injured on the ground.

Some have fought hard with adversities while some like Raymond van Schoor and Phil Hughes have lost their battle with life recently. The history of cricketers also has a lot of brave warriors who have escaped deaths and major life threats overcoming them by the power of their will.

Here is a list of 10 such cricketers who escaped death

1. Muttiah Muralitharan – Tsunami:

A devastating Tsunami hit the coast of the Indian subcontinent and took many lives particularly in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu (India). While the Indian cricketers were largely safe during nature’s attack, one of the Sri Lankan player, Muttiah Muralitharan, had a close shave with the waves.

The worst affected area in Sri Lanka was Galle, where even the cricket ground got washed away. Murali was lucky to have escaped the waves as he was supposed to attend a children’s charity function at Galle. Muralitharan, accompanied by his brother, mother and fiancee, were on the way to Galle when they were asked to turn and head back to Colombo as the waves began to rise.

But 50 children who were travelling by bus to attend the charity function were washed away into the sea and are presumed dead.