Popular cricketer, nicknamed, but he has his irrational haters (6)

I believe the answer is:

athers

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'popular cricketer nicknamed but he has his' is the definition.
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'irrational haters' is the wordplay.
'irrational' indicates an anagram.
'haters' is an anagram of 'ATHERS'.

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