There's just something about a bunch of fit, sweaty sportsmen that'll convert even the biggest anti-cricket individual into a temporary fan. While India and Australia prepare to engage in an epic battle for this year's World Cup 2015, we take a look at this year's hottest cricketers who might have fizzled out of the running for the World Cup win, but are still causing flutters in fans' aortic ventricles.
Mitchell Johnson
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Brendon McCullum
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Virat Kohli
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Steven Finn
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Angelo Mathews
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Vernon Philander
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Ross Taylor
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Andre Russell
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Wahab Riaz
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Pat Cummins
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Max Sorensen
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