Nick Name or Name given by Media

Eg:
Punter (Ponting), Rawalpindi Express (S.Akhtar)
Prince of Kolkata (Ganguly), and many more...

Punter

for me its Punter

Nawab of Najafgarh (Sehwag - although it is lengthy)
Binga (Brett lee)
Lambu (for Ishant)

Master Blaster (Sachin)

Dada (Ganguly)

NSW paceman Aaron Bird wasnt allowed to wear his nickname 'flu' on the back of his top in the 20/20 tournament because KFC were the sponser.
Mark Waugh was nicknamed 'Afganistan' as in 'the forgotten Waugh (war)' which is a good pun seeing as he played second fiddle to his broher.
Other less interesting ones include Mr Cricket (Mike Hussey for his meticulous preperation) Pup (Michael Clarke since being the youngest in the team), Bing(a) (Brett Lee after Bing Lee), Pidgeon (Glenn McGrath for his demeanour), Dizzy (Jason Gillespie after a famous organised crime boss, Sarfraz (Stuart Clarke, l think after a type of tree) & Roy (Andrew Symonds after former rugby league player Royce Simmonds)

Boof (Darren Lehmann)

always thought it was funny :)

pup ( michael clarke ) ,roy ( andrew simonds), binga( brett lee) , pigedon ( glenn mecgrath ), verru ( virender sehwag ), mahi ( mahinder sing dhoni ) , yuvi ( yuvraaj singh ) , master blaster ( sachin tendulkar )
and
bhajji for harbhajan all are good !!

veeru (shewag) mahi (mahinder singh dhoni)

NAWAB OF NAJAFGARH!- VIRENDER SEHWAG..

prince of kolkata ( dada )

Punter

Michael Clarke: Pup

But l am Sticking With My Nickname Pepsi

Jumbo - Kumbale

Boom Boom Afridi
Mahi
Rawalpindi Express

''The Prince of Port-of-Spain ''The Prince of Trinidad'' (brian lara)

Just clarifying a few nicknames given by Max E;

Safraz for Stuart Clark - because he has the same sort of deadly accuracy as Sarfraz Nawaz who played for Pakistan in the 70's.

Roy for Andrew Symonds - after Roy Rene, an Australian comedian of the early 1900 is who used to put on black polish on his face with white lips in his acts just like Andrew Symonds does on the cricket field (suncream on his lips).

Dizzy for Jason Gillespie - after the jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie

Pidgeon for Glenn McGrath - when he first started up McGrath was so skinny it looked like he had pidgeon legs.

The Royal Bengal Tiger -- Ganguly

Bummer.
Someone is already said Darren Lehmann is nickname. Boof! Ha ha ha! How funny is that?!

Doug ''The Bald Eagle'' Bollinger

Although he has had that hair tranplant thing recently so he might need a new nickname!!

Always thought 'Afghanistan' for Mark Waugh was a good one.
'Tugga' for brother Steve also most appropiate.

veeru(Sehwag).

punter

'whispering death'- michael holding

Gilly

uh l like all the the nicknames that you have mentioned here in addition
i like msd's, sehwags, dravid's, harabhajan is and brett lees too they are all cool

punter

Beefy --Ian Botham

Roy--Symonds
preety good nick name

Very very special for VVS LAXMAN.

rawalpindi express

dada..the royal bengal tiger..sourav ganguly
the WALL ....rahul dravid
rawalpindi express.....shoib akhtar

l like the nick name of Dhoni-MSD!

Rahul Dravid - Jammy

Roy (Andrew Symonds)
i heard this rhyme one day

Aussie Aussie Aussie
Roy Roy Roy same as
Aussie Aussie Aussie
oi oi oi

Paddles (Richard Hadlee).
Jammy (Rahul Dravid). It just sounds cooler than ''The Wall''.

jammy(Rahul Dravid)

lambu(ishanth sharma)

little master [sachin tendulkar]

l liked the nickname of Johnny Doughlas abbrevation ( JWHT Doughlas ) he was a boxer and a cricketer.As an untiring fast-medium bowler and obdurate batsman who was nicknamed with a play on his initials: ''Johnny Wo not Hit Today'' by Australian hecklers.

Other names l liked were - R.S Dravid - The great wall of India, Harbhajan Singh - The Turbanator, Inzamam ul Haq - The sultan of Multan, Romesh kaluwithrana - The little dynamite, Shoaib Malik - The terminator.

from me gilly (adam gilchrist) and punter (ponting)

uv-yuvraaj . short 'n' sweet

princ of kolkata