5 Indian cricketers and Bollywood stars with similar personalities and career graphs

5. Yuvraj Singh - Sanjay Dutt

Portraits - 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards - Monaco

They rose and they fell.

Yuvraj Singh, son of former cricketer and actor Yograj Singh, burst onto the scene with a certain pedigree and lots of first-class cricket notoriety. An epitome of self-confidence, style and class, Yuvraj often constructed his innings with great ease. His personality was ingrained in his cricket and batting style, and he seemed destined for greatness from the outset.

Similarly Sanjay Dutt, son of reputed actor and director Sunil Dutt and reigning female actor of her times Nargis, had a great pedigree which was backed by his quasi-effortless portrayals on screen. His 'rockstar' image was synonymous with his on-screen portrayals, which in turn seemed synonymous with his real life personality traits.

As things would turn out, these extremely talented gentlemen would find their careers disrupted and abruptly shortened. While Dutt was charged with illegal possession of arms and subsequently jailed, Yuvraj was diagnosed with cancer after his 2011 World Cup heroics.

Even though Yuvraj's fall was completely unsolicited in comparison to Dutt's, it did however significantly affect a potential legendary career and he was never able to return as the same individual.

Both men, once destined for greatness, will always the heavy question hanging around them - 'what if?'