- Virender Sehwag:
A few might get confused and analyze that if Sehwag was that injury prone to feature so high on this list. But the fact remains, that he got injury prone at an extremely critical phase in his career.
Right from the beginning of 2008 till the end of the 2011 World Cup, Sehwag was an absolute beast in all forms of the game. He decimated bowling attacks for fun and was nothing less than a nightmare for the bowlers. In 58 ODI’s played from January 2008 till the end of the 2011 World Cup, Sehwag scored 2529 runs with six centuries to his name, at an average of 45.98.
The most impressive part though, was his strike rate in this phase, as he scored 122.94 runs every 100 deliveries. To imagine these numbers in a phase where there was still some balance between the bat and ball is simply out of this world.
However, this is where injuries took a toll on him. In this phase, he missed as many as three ICC events, thanks to injuries. Sehwag missed the 2009 World T20 in England, 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa and the 2010 World T20 in the Caribbean.
Having missed three ICC events in less than 12 months, was a disaster, as Sehwag was in the form of his life. Had he played in them, he was certain to have won India atleast one title, such was his dominance. But that wasn’t to be.