Cricket has become a really popular sport in the world and is claimed to be the 2nd most popular sport in the world behind football. With game improving day by day and becoming even more popular, people are now more encouraging their children to play the game.
As a result, we are seeing a number of players from the same family playing in domestic cricket. There has been instances when two siblings have even played International cricket for the same team. But today in this article, we will talk about 4 siblings who have played in the same World Cup for their country.
Dwayne Bravo and Darren Bravo
The Bravo family has garnered quite the name with their performance in the domestic and International cricket. Both the brothers have played International cricket for West Indies and have been very successful in their career. They both played in the T20 World Cup in 2012 that was won by West Indies themselves.
Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan
Former Indian cricketers and all-rounder duo of the Indian cricket team Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan is among the popular siblings to have played for the country. The Pathan brothers were both all-rounder and played for India for a long time. Both Yusuf and Irfan played in the 2007 and 2009 T20 World Cup.
Michael Hussey and David Hussey
Michael Hussey and David Hussey are Australia one of the successful players. The duo were quite good for the Kangaroos. Both the brothers were part of the Australian team in the T20 World Cup in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Morne Morkel and Albie Morkel
South African cricket team duo Morne Morkel and Albie Morkel are very successful siblings. The duo have done wonderful performance in the International stages. While Morkel was much more known for his Test performance, he was still a great player in all formats, whereas, Albie was more of a T20 specialist. The duo played in the T20 World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 and in 2014 as well.
