5. Kanwaljit Singh
The former Indian first-class cricketer plied his trade for two teams namely Hyderabad and Tamil Nadu. He is one of the two players to have featured in 100 matches for Hyderabad. He made his first-class debut for Hyderabad in December 1980 during the 1980–81 Ranji Trophy season but he could not cement his place for several years.
However, he hogged the limelight in the 1994–95 season when he appeared for South Zone, India A, and Board President’s XI, and accounted for 47 first-class dismissals at an average of 21.31. During the 1998–99 season, he bagged a total of 51 wickets at an average of 23.58.
He became popular when he was one of the five cricketers to be featured as Indian Cricketer of the Year in 1998. In the 1999–00 Ranji Trophy season, Kanwaljit proved that age is just a number as he took 62 wickets at the age of 42, which is the joint-second most wickets in a Ranji Trophy season after Bishan Bedi’s 64 wickets in 1974–75.