| POOJA | Indian cricketer ... Vastrakar. (5) |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| WALSH | Courtney _; West Indian cricketer (5) |
| SHAMI | Mohammed ___, Indian cricketer (5) |
| SURTI | Trailblazing Indian cricketer played for Queensland 1970s (5) |
| NEHRA | Indian cricketer, Ashish ..... (change the final vowel and you have the name of India's first PM) (5) |
| NURSE | Seymour, West Indian cricketer who played in 29 Tests 1960-69 (5) |
| KOHLI | Virat, Indian cricketer who has captained his country's Test side since 2014 (5) |
| RAHUL | ___ Dravid, former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach |
| KIRTI | Former Indian cricketer, - Azad |
| IRFAN | ____ Pathan, former Indian cricketer |
| DILIP | ____ Vengsarkar, former Indian cricketer and a cricket administrator |
| ROHAN | West Indian cricketer, ... Kanhai or Theoden, Eomer and Eowyn's kingdom in The Lord Of The Rings |
| BRIAN | West Indian cricketer with the greatest number of Test runs, ... Lara |
| DHULL | Yash ___, Indian cricketer and captain of the U-19 World Cup 2022 winning team |
| ROHIT | Indian cricketer whose first name aptly includes a word for strike |
| FRANKWORRELL | West Indian cricketer, one of the 'three Ws' (5,7) |
| KAPILDEV | Indian cricketer liked a VIP I ejected roughly (5,3) |
| SUNILGAVASKAR | Indian cricketer who scored 10,122 career Test runs (5,8) |
| BRIANLARA | West Indian cricketer who holds the record for most runs scored in both a first class (501, in 1994) and Test (400, in 2004) innings (5,4) |
