The Reasons Behind 7 Indian Cricketers Switch to Vegetarianism

By Aditya
July 28, 2025

Several players have switched from non-veg to vegetarian diets. Let's see the names and reason behind it...

7. Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin was a vegetarian since childhood. He switched to non-veg for nutritional reasons but didn’t like it and has now returned to a fully vegetarian diet.

6. Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal loved eating meat, kebabs and butter chicken was his favorites. However, for fitness reasons, he turned completely vegetarian in 2020.

5. Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma was once fond of eating meat. However, after witnessing the cruel treatment of chickens in a market, he was deeply affected and decided to turn vegetarian. He is now completely vegetaria

4. Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan gave up meat in 2018 and switched to a completely vegetarian diet. He once said that eating meat made him feel negative energy. To stay healthy, he chose to focus on a vegetarian lifest

3. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma used to eat meat earlier. He was often trolled for his fitness, which led him to change his diet. He now follows a completely vegetarian diet and only eats Egg.

2. Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is also on this list. A few years ago, he gave up meat to stay fit and now follows a completely vegetarian diet.

1. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli loved biryani as a childhood, but in 2018, he gave up meat. Not just that, he also stopped consuming dairy products like milk, curd, and ghee due to health and digestion issues.

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