5 Indian cricketers who are not on social media

#2 Ashish Nehra

Ashish Nehra

Former Team India left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra has also preferred to stay away from social media. The retired cricketer has an Instagram handle, which even has a blue tick and 11.6k followers. However, he hasn’t posted a single update and does not follow anyone as well.

Back in 2016, Nehra was asked why he is not on social media at a pre-match press conference. His response sent the journalists into splits. The former cricketer replied:

"I am somebody who is not on social media and I am still using my old Nokia."

A year later, Nehra interacted with Gaurav Kapur on the Show Breakfast With Champions. Here, he revealed that he even got an offer from an agency to post commercial tweets on the micro-blogging site. However, Nehra refused because he doesn’t like “being told to do something by someone”.

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#3 Sandeep Patil

Sandeep Patil

Unarguably the most flamboyant cricketer in the Indian team during his playing days, it is rather surprising that Sandeep Patil is not on any social media platforms. At the peak of his career, he even starred in a Hindi movie along with Syed Kirmani. Post retirement, though, Patil seems to have mellowed down a bit.

The fact that Patil is not on social media was confirmed when he filed a complaint against an unknown person for creating his fake profile on Facebook a couple of years back. The former cricketer was quoted as telling Mid-Day:

“I don’t have Facebook, Twitter or other social media accounts. One of my friends called me recently to ask why I was asking for the contact numbers of my cricket colleagues over social media. That’s when I realized that someone was misusing my name.”

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#4 Nayan Mongia

Nayan Mongia

One of India’s best glovemen, Nayan Mongia was a chirpy and effervescent presence behind the stumps during his playing days. When it comes to his antics behind the stumps, Rishabh Pant is very much in the Mongia mould. Of course, the former Baroda stumper lacked Pant’s flamboyance with the bat and was more of a dogged presence at the crease.

Considering the amount of advice Mongia had to offer to the Indian bowlers from behind the stumps, the former cricketer could have had some exciting insights to share on the game. He even took a positive step towards joining social media by creating a Twitter account in 2015. However, he hasn’t been active on the platform since.

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#5 Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Vengsarkar

Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar’s cricket academy has a presence on social media. But the ex-cricketer himself has decided to stay away from Twitter and Instagram. He is on Facebook but isn’t active there either. It is mostly his friends who tag him in their posts.

Dilip Vengsarkar extended his support to all the Indian contingents participating in the upcoming Olympics. He wishes them all the very best and congratulates them for representing India on a platform this huge.#dilipvengsarkar #support #olympics2021tokyo #olympicgames #india pic.twitter.com/GalDWMknMO

— TheVengsarkarAcademy (@imvengsarkar) July 19, 2021

Vengsarkar’s decision to stay away from social media is intriguing since he keeps sharing his views on Indian cricket with the media rather frequently. Recently, he made a bold observation when he told Hindustan Times that “every player must and needs to play all three formats.” Vengsarkar said he doesn’t believe in the red-ball and white-ball concept.