5 footballers and their cricketing equivalents

#2 Mauro Icardi and Murali Vijay

Mauro Icardi and Murali Vijay. Mauro Icardi and Murali Vijay! Seriously? Why would anyone want to compare these two sportsmen? Well not many would know but Icardi and Vijay have one thing in common which many people might not like about them.

Let us start with Mauro Icardi. Previously part of Sampdoria and team-mates with Argentine Maxi Lopez, the 24-year-old destroyed his friendship with Lopez after he seduced Lopez’s then wife Wanda Nara and ended up marrying her.

Murali Vijay also has a similar story. Team-mates with Dinesh Karthik for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy team, Vijay ended up marrying Karthik’s ex-wike Nikita in 2012. Both Karthik and Vijay were very good friends, but the friendship was destroyed when Karthik discovered that Vijay was having an affair with his wife. This eventually led to Karthik divorcing Nikita and destroyed any sort of relationship between the two cricketers.

Their personal lives aside, both Icardi and Vijay are fine professionals. Both are underappreciated and are definitely among the finest player in their respective sports for their countries. Also, both seem to have put the controversy behind and are currently key members of their respective teams.