1) Manoj Tiwary
Manoj Tiwary is the most unfortunate man in Indian cricket. An aggressive batsman from Bengal, he impressed everybody with 796 runs at 99.50 in the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, in the process breaking Bengal records and forcing his way into the India touring party for Bangladesh.
On match eve in Mirpur, everybody knew he was going to debut but he injured his shoulder severely during fielding practice.
When the debut finally arrived in early 2008, he was jetlagged and in Brisbane, completely out of league against a searing Brett Lee. He had to wait for more than three years for his next international match, and was asked to open the innings because he was replacing an under-performing opener in a second-string side. Another failure followed.
He was handed another chance to stake his claim for a permanent place in the national side during India’s injury-ridden 2011 tour of England, when he was called up to replace Rohit Sharma in the ODI squad. He made his maiden ODI century against West Indies in Chennai later that year, but was mysteriously benched for months.