2. Praveen Kumar:
The Swing Master Praveen Kumar was once the first choice opening bowler for India. After 2011, he suffered injuries, and also competition from the new face Bhuvneshwar Kumar meant that he had to wait for his chances.
Praveen made his international debut in the 5th ODI against Pakistan in Jaipur in 2007 in which he went wicketless from 10 overs and scored 12 runs. But he quickly gained through the ranks and became one of India’s premier swing bowlers under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, especially in the limited-overs formats.
Praveen played 68 ODIs for India in which he took 77 wickets at an average of 36.02 with three four-wicket hauls. The 50-over format was where he excelled as a cricketer which is why he was drafted in the Test team as well but couldn’t replicate his performances in red-ball cricket.
The Meerut-born bowler was dropped from the Indian team after a string of poor performances in the 2012 edition of Asia Cup, and could never make it to the Indian team again.