From Iyer to SKY, 10 highly-educated Indian cricketers

India and Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has completed MBA and is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance

Former India and Mumbai seamer Aavishkar Salvi is a PhD in astrophysics

Indian spin legend and former head coach Anil Kumble has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rashtriya Vidyalaya College of Engineering

Former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has done a management course from IIM Calcutta

Former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid is a commerce graduate and was pursuing MBA at St Joseph’s College of Business Administration when he was called up by the Indian team

Former India pacer Javagal Srinath had completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumental Technology

Ex-India opener Murali Vijay holds a post-graduate degree in economics

Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin holds a B.Tech degree in Information Technology

Former India all-rounder and head coach Ravi Shastri studied commerce at the RA Podar College in Mumbai

India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is a commerce graduate from Pillai College in Navi Mumbai

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