Former Indian cricketer and current NCA director Sandeep Patil`s son, Chirag Patil is married to former Indian cricketer-turned-actor Salil Ankola`s daughter Sana. (Pic/ Tushar satam, Suresh Karkera)

Madhav Mantri has played only 4 Tests with 67 runs. In first class cricket, he played 95 matches with 4,403 runs and 3 wickets. He is the uncle of another veteran batsman Sunil Gavaskar and grand uncle of Rohan Gavaskar. (Pic/ Atul Kamble, Satyajit Desai)

Gundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar, two of India`s greatest batsmen, are brothers-in-law. Viswanath is married to Gavaskar`s sister Kavita

Ajay Jadeja, who was an ODI great in the 90s before being embroiled in match-fixing, is the great grand nephew of the legendary Duleepsinhji

Yashpal Sharma, who was part of India`s 1983 World Cup winning squad, is the uncle of Chetan Sharma, whose name is synonymous with that Javed Miandad six at Sharjah

Faisal Iqbal, who has featured in 16 Tests and 18 ODIs for Pakistan, is the nephew of the legendary Javed Miandad

Saleem Malik and Ijaz Ahmed shouldered the burden of Pakistan`s batting for most part of the 90s. Like Astle and McMillan, there are also brothers-in-law having married sisters. Pic/AFP

One of South Africa`s legends, whose career was restricted owing to South Africa`s isolation, Graeme Pollock is the uncle of Shaun Pollock, one of the finest all-rounders the country has produced

Darren Lehmann and Craig White are brothers-in-law. The former Aussie left-hander is married to White`s sister Andrea. Although White played Test cricket for England, he has an Aussie connection - he actually played for the Australia U-19s as well as for Victoria

Mark Butcher is the ex-brother-in-law of Alec Stewart. Butcher was once married to Stewart`s sister Judy. However, Butcher`s extra-martial affair led to the marriage breaking up. Pic/AFP

A West Indian leg break bowler, who played 5 Tests and 24 ODIs for West Indies, Mahendra Nagamootoo is the nephew of two of Windies legendary batsmen -- Alvin Kallicharan (right) and Rohan Kanhai (not in picture). Pic./AFP

Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan, who represented New Zealand with distinction in the 90s and 2000s, are brothers-in-law their wives are sisters

Tamim Iqbal, the dashing Bangladesh opener is the nephew of former skipper Akram Khan, who played 44 ODIs and 8 Tests for the country

Vikram Rathour and Aashish Kapoor (not in picture), both of whom represented India in the 90s without much success, are brothers-in-law. Rathour is married to Kapoor`s sister. Pic/AFP

Dave Callaghan, best remembered for his successful battle with cancer, is the cousin of former South African all-rounder Justin Kemp

Nick Compton (in picture), who has opened the innings in 9 Tests for England, is the grandson of the great Denis Compton