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First comes Kanitkar in my list. I am pretty sure, most of the folks out here should be knowing this so called offspinner cum left hand bat. Well who said you have to perform to hold a place in the Indian cricket team ? Kanitkar had once smashed a decisive boundary to win India a match against the Pakistani’s. Well played kanitkar. But he knew little, and so did the world, that the boundary he scored to win India the match, actually got him playing for India for more than two years. Wow, doesn’t that sounds amazing ?? Nobody knows, if he is actually a specialised batsman or a specialised bowler or a specialised fielder. I would not be surprised, if Kanitkar himself knows what he is actually good at. Does anyone know what the all rounder is upto these days ?

Second comes Dinesh Mongia. I remember, once Mongia went out all guns blazing and massacred a majestic 150+ which won India the match. He bowls left arm, and not a bad bowler. There were talks that getting into the Indian team and holding the place for a long time needs quite a bit of hardwork and results to show. But Mongia proved there’s yet another loop hole in Indian Cricket. Nothing noteworthy of his performance, and he managed to represent India in the 2003 World Cup. And amazingly, he was just the one player who contributed absolutely nothing to India’s glory to the final of the tournament. Well played Mongia. Neither did he nor did the Indian team realise that Mongia did nothing. He did make a comeback oflate, and he did put on a brave fight against the Aussies(in malaysia i believe). Alas’ hes got lost again. Poor fella, luck has decided its not gonna favour him anymore. Lucky India !!

Last but not the least, comes Mohammad Kaif in my list. It will be extremely unfair if i rate Kaif first in this list, and hence he holds my last place. Kaif, without a doubt is one helluva wonderful fielder that any team can dream of having. But can fielding alone win you matches ? Absolutely not. Kaif is predominantly into the team for his batting abilities. When we think of Kaif, the first thing that strikes one’s mind is his 80+ not out in what happens to be one of India’s best chase of a total above 300. Hence forth, he used to bat at number 7. Was moved up and down the batting order and absolutely nothing worked. By the time everyone realised, that Kaif was just doing nothing but holding a place in the team for more than 2 years. Alas’ came the wake up call, and there went out Kaif. By the way, what is this fielding all rounder upto these days ?

Folks, do you agree with me ? Or is there someone else whom i have missed out ? If yes, please feel free to let me know who according to you should top this list !!…