10 things you probably didn't know about Mitchell Johnson

It was Dennis Lille who had spotted Mitchell Johnson

He had a strong bond with Dennis Lillee

Mitchell Johnson went on to develop a very strong relationship with Australian bowling legend Dennis Lillee, the first man to give direction to his cricket career. In the year 2007, Johnson travelled to Chennai for a stint with Lillee at the MRF Pace Foundation, the same year in which he made his Test debut. The Aussie great also went on to become one of the driving forces behind Mitchell Johnson’s memorable revival at the 2013 Ashes.

He played the 2000 Under-19 World cup

The champion Aussie bowler has also represented his country at the Under-19 World Cup. This happened in the year 2000 and some of his other popular teammates included Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Nathan Hauritz among others. This was the same World Cup which saw the emergence of future icons of the game like Graeme Smith, Yuvraj Singh, Brendon McCullum, Ian Bell and Shoaib Malik.

His famous handlebar moustache was for a cause

Remember Mitchell Johnson’s highly popular moustache during the 2013-14 Ashes! While most of us thought that it was more of an intimidation tactic, that is far from the reason for Johnson growing the moustache. It was in support of a charity foundation named Movember, which aims at raising awareness against men’s health issues such as prostrate cancer and depression. One of the events of this foundation involves growing of moustaches and beards in the month of November to promote their cause. And that is precisely why Mitchell Johnson had done it.