4 iconic Indian sportspersons who switched from cricket in their childhood

#4 Chuni Goswami

Chuni Goswami with Brazilian great Pele

Subimal Goswami, who is famously known as Chuni Goswami, is one of the best Indian multi-sport athletes till date. He was an extremely talented footballer as well as a cricketer. The one-club man played his entire career with Mohun Bagan and captained the club for five seasons. He was also one of the anchors of the golden period of Indian football and went on to play for India in 50 international matches including in Olympics, Asian Games, Asia Cup and Merdeka Cup. He also captained the Blue Tigers to Asian Games glory in 1962.

His talent in cricket was no less. Even though he had to leave cricket a number of times to play football, he did not let it hamper his career in the Gentleman's game. Leading Bengal to a Ranji Trophy final and the numbers of 1592 runs and 47 wickets in 46 first class matches speak for his all-round prowess. Astonishingly, he also played field hockey and lawn tennis at professional levels at the same time.