**HAI HAI - Ravi Shashtri 
Cheeka - Srikant **
AALOOO - You know who
I saw a placard during the India-Holland match.
** Turbanator (as in terminator)-Harbajan Singh**
Asif bhai where did Ravi Shastri get that nick. Havent heard that one before.
Most of these nicks starting with "little" and "Lion" were very common back in the days....dont forget hanif mohammad was also called little master. The ones i heard recently..
Hercul Gibbs (Hershelle)
Ricardo Power(Powell)
B.C Lara (prince of trinidad)
I remember once viv richards referring to miandad as the "tactician"
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Asif bhai where did Ravi Shastri get that nick. Havent heard that one before.
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Ehsan
Its hilarious...
Whats happened during late 80s and 90s is because of Shahstris Attitude he was never popular with indian crowd.Whether he hit sixes or got out for 0 people used to always shout SHASTRI HAI HAI....
You do u r doomed...u dont do still u r doomed...
Poor guy..
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Hercul Gibbs (Hershelle)
Ricardo Power(Powell)
B.C Lara (prince of trinidad)
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From Lara's example above, if the nicks are in the braces, then Herschelle and Powell are actually their real names dude.
Smiling assassin - used for both Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Prince of Pakistan - Wasim Akram; was also used numerous times for Salim Malik in his prime days. Prolly for his ability to take the team out of tight situations with his 'soft hand' shots.
Tubby - Mark Taylor.
Dizzy - Jason Gillespie.
Unit - Matthew Hayden.
Bulbul - Aminul Islam.
Pilot - Khaled Mashud.
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white lightening - allan donald
black bradman - george headley
muscles - venkatapathy raju
triple ws - clyde walcott , everton weekes and worrel
wizard of oz - Shane Warne
marauder from matar - sanath jayasuriya
mad max - aravinda de silva
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I've read articles where the great Miandad was referred to as Mum And Dad.
I guess it has to do with how he tried to help his junior teammates grow as players.
razzler - Abdur Razzaq
White Lightning - Allan Donald
Magician - Saqlain Mushtaq (i know i've heard it many times)
lol i know this isn't the same but what about:
Shame Warne - Shane Warne