| SHAMI | Mohammed ___, Indian cricketer (5) |
| DHULL | Yash ___, Indian cricketer and captain of the U-19 World Cup 2022 winning team |
| PANT | Rishabh ___, Indian cricketer |
| GILL | Shubman ___, Indian cricketer appointed Test captain in 2025 (4) |
| RAJ | Mithali ___, Indian cricketer and the current Test and ODI captain of India women's national cricket team. |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| WALSH | Courtney _; West Indian cricketer (5) |
| POOJA | Indian cricketer ... Vastrakar. (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 |
| ROHIT | Indian cricketer whose first name aptly includes a word for strike |
| REZA | Exiled Shah Mohammed ___ Pahlavi |
