2024-03-02 07:47:53
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar entered the cricket field at the age of 16. The beginning of his career was not very spectacular. He could not even open his account in the first two ODIs, but ruled for 24 years. Great captain MS Dhoni could not open his account in the first match. Something similar happened with Virat Kohli, who is called the King of Cricket. On the other hand, there came some players in the world of cricket who became famous overnight, but their career neither had the moonlight like Sachin nor the success like Dhoni nor the attitude like Virat Kohli. It was not known when he became unknown from the world of cricket. Left in the same way as they came. Let us know about some such players, whose entry was brilliant but their exit was very shameful.
Karun Nair disappeared after triple century
Karun Nair, a player of Indian cricket who created a sensation by scoring a triple century in the third Test match of his career. In 2016, Karun played an unbeaten inning of 303 runs against England in Chennai. After this inning, it seemed that Karun would establish himself in Indian cricket but it did not happen. After this, Karun got a chance in only 3 tests, in which he flopped miserably. Then what happened was that the selectors distanced themselves from him. He was dropped from Team India and tried his best to make a comeback by playing domestic cricket, but he failed in this too. In this way, it can be said that Karun is one of those players who became a superstar overnight, but was forgotten within a few days.
Joginder Sharma who bowled the last over of T20 World Cup 2007
The final match of T20 World Cup 2007 was played between India and Pakistan. Batting first, India scored 157 runs in the final. In response to this, Pakistan team also somehow got closer to the target. By the end of the 19th over, Pakistan had scored 145 runs, but the problem was that the set batsman Misbah-ul-Haq was present at the crease. In the last over, Pakistan needed 13 runs to win while India needed 1 wicket. The quota of overs for all the main bowlers of Team India had also been completed. In such a situation, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a bet on Joginder Sharma. In the last over, Joginder gave away 7 runs on the very first ball. Hope was beginning to fade away, but on the very next ball, Misbah-ul-Haq lost his wicket while trying to play a big shot. In this way Joginder Sharma became the hero of the match. Joginder was the superstar of Team India, but the match in which he became the hero proved to be the last of his career and he could never return to this format for Team India.
Narendra Hirwani dominated in the debut test
Indian cricket team’s leg spinner Narendra Hirwani dominated by taking 16 wickets in his debut match itself. Narendra made his debut in 1988 against West Indies. Since then, he got a chance to play in 17 matches but his bowling did not have the same edge as it did in his debut. At this time, Anil Kumble entered Team India. With the arrival of Anil Kumble, Narendra Hiravani was sidelined from the team and after the Kolkata Test against South Africa in 1996, he was never seen again in red ball cricket for Team India.
Sourav Ganguly was out in the debut match
Australia cricket team’s off-spinner Jason Krejza made his Test debut during the India tour in 2008. In the Nagpur Test match, Krejza took a total of 12 wickets in both the innings. In the same match, he caught Sourav Ganguly on his own ball and dismissed him for zero. After this strong performance in the first match, it seemed that he had confirmed his place in the team, but the second Test match of his career proved to be the last and he never got a chance to play for Australia in the Test team again.
Became anonymous even after scoring runs at an average of 47
Opener batsman Phil Jacques, who made his Test debut for Australia in 2005, could not secure his place in the team despite his strong performance. Phil Jacques appeared in a total of 11 Test matches for Australia, in which he scored 902 runs at an average of 47.47. During this period he also scored 6 half-centuries and 3 centuries. Jacques’ best innings was 150 runs, but despite his brilliant batting, he could not play for the Australian team for long and unfortunately his career could not progress after 11 Tests.