5 Indian Players Who Made Their Debut After MS Dhoni But Retired Early

5 Indian Players To Debut After MS Dhoni And Retire Early: In every decade, we come across a player ruling the world cricket with his exceptional skills on the field. MS Dhoni is one such cricketer, who not only left the fans awestruck by him but also stunned many international cricketers across the world with his fantastic skills.

After making waves with his fearsome hitting under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, he ruled the roost with his captaincy in 2007 T20 World Cup. Later, he took the captaincy burden in ODI cricket and led India to world cup victory in 2011, which came after 28 years of wait.

Following the feat, he called curtains on his Test career and helped India seal the Champions Trophy in 2013. He has achieved a lot during his 15-year career scoring more than 17000 international runs (still counting). Besides his batting, MS Dhoni also made waves with his wicket-keeping skills. During his phase, there were many cricketers, who made their debut for India and also called curtains even before MS Dhoni retired.

Here, in this article, we figured out five cricketers, who made their debut after MS Dhoni and retired early:

5. Munaf Patel:

One of the unsung heroes of the Indian Cricket Team during 2011 World Cup victory, Munaf Patel is one of them, who debuted after MS Dhoni and retired earlier than expected. The Gujarat player had made a reputation for himself to bowl at a pace of more than 140 Kmph. Munaf Patel was regarded to be the quickest Indian bowler when he strode onto the scene in 2003.

But injuries led to him decreasing his pace significantly. However, that didn’t affect his accuracy and Munaf continued to be effective. He made his debut in the Tests in March 2006 against England in Mohali and played his first ODI also against the same opponent the very next month.

Despite his great performance in the world cup, due to the rise of many young players, he didn’t get any further chance. He finally retired in 2018.

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4. Praveen Kumar:

One of the best swing masters in the world cricket Praveen Kumar also finds a spot in the chart. The flamboyant cricketer has made his debut in 2007 against Pakistan at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in ODI format of the game. Later, he made a name for his mastery with the new ball, which helped him in making his debut in Test against West Indies in 2011.

If not for constant injuries, Kumar would’ve played many more matches for India. But he ended up featuring only in 6 Tests, 68 ODIs and T20 Internationals. He played a significant role in the 2008 tri-series in Australia, which was also team’s first series win in Australia also.

Despite his performance, he didn’t get to play more, because of youngsters who were better than him. He retired in October of 2018 via an announcement on Twitter.

3. RP Singh:

Yet another fast bowler makes into the chart. The left-handed fast bowler, who delivered goods for India under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni, has lost radar after sustaining injuries. Later, his performance graph hit down, which saw him calling curtains on his career.

RP Singh made his debut a couple of years after MS Dhoni’s debut in 2005 against Zimbabwe.  He had a shining career in which he played 14 tests, 58 ODIs for India. RP Singh ended up picking 69 ODI wickets and 40 test wickets.

Despite his great performance, he suffered from many injuries. Later, he performed exceptionally well in Indian Premier League but failed to receive the call-up. But for various reasons, he retired from all formats of cricket in 2018’s September.

2. Pragyan Ojha:

Pragyan Ojha, who made his international debut in 2008, played professional cricket for 16 years. Despite not featuring in an international fixture since 2013, Pragyan was playing domestic cricket until 2019.

The 33-year-old last played for India in 2013 during Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test against the West Indies in Mumbai. In all, he played 24 Tests between 2009 and 2013 in which he took 113 wickets. Ojha played his first One Day International match against Bangladesh on 28 June 2008 in Karachi and ended up with figures of 2/43.

In December 2014 Ojha was barred from bowling in competitive cricket after his action was found to be illegal. Later on 30 January 2015 Ojha cleared the test and was allowed to resume his bowling. Due to the rise of Ravindra Jadeja as an all-rounder, his career came to an end shortly. He finally retired in February 2019.

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