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ToggleAs we are just one year away to enter into the World Cup 2019, every team are looking to brace and groom schedules in order to provide ample exposure to their players and understanding of the conditions.
As far as predictions are concerned, cricket experts and pundits have already started to make their favourites. England and India who are presently locking horns with each other in a bilateral series are vividly hot favourites of the World Cup followed by unpredictable Pakistan.
There is no second opinion that the World Cup is a dream for every player regardless of the nationality. The World Cup 2018 will provide an opportunity for many cricketers to fulfil their dreams whereas in contrary to that many are going to curse their fate.
Similar to the other teams, many players are going to make their dream come true whereas some may not fulfil this dream in their rest of life.
In this article, we will present before you five Indian bowlers who are unlikely to complete this dream this time.
#1 Ravichandran Ashwin.
Ravi Ashwin, the former number one bowler lost his supreme touch in all of sudden. He shares the similar tale as that of Harbhajan Singh. With the debut of Yuzvendar Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, his miseries continued to get an increase.
No doubt, in the modern time with the presence of video footage technology, the mystery of a spin bowler does not exist anymore. However, Ashwin could not maintain his limited over set-up for a long time. He is likely to miss the forthcoming World Cup.
#2 Mohammed Shami.
The psychological ‘Placebo Effect’ may explain his loss of sudden touch from the limited overs.
Following a personal controversy with his wife, Shami seems to fail to concentrate again. Siddharth Kaul who made his debut and the inform Umesh Yadav may force Mohammed Shami to miss this opportunity. Apart from the above ones, India has a developed pace attack now. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah are likely to share the new ball.
#3 Ishant Sharma.
With the likes of the new pace attack, the red ball ace player, Ishant Sharma may miss this World Cup as well.
Ishant is all set to miss the golden opportunity for the second time as well. In the 2015 World Cup, he got injured just before the starting and eventually missed the event.
After coming back from injury, he never cemented his place in limited overs game as looks ineffective.
#4 Dhawal Kulkarni
Ranging from the IPL, domestic to India A, this may have been an exemplary when it comes to line and length.
Kulkarni is likely to miss the cutoff as India is having a plenty of options this time. The presence of Hardik Pandya adds his woes further as he may be used as the sixth bowler in case of any dearth.
#5 Mohit Sharma.
In World Cup, this man proved how lucky he is. He was all set to miss the cutoff. However, soon after Ishant Sharma met with the injury, his fate touched the climax.
However, he continued to ride on his luck as he turned a seam icon in India. He defied all the odds being just a medium-pacer and bowled with his heart out.
Besides the performance in IPL for consecutive 2 seasons, Mohit remained an injury prone as well. He hardly made a strong comeback since his recovery.