Worst Indian Cricketers: Take a look at the list of the top 5 Indian cricket players to have failed miserably in ODI format on the international stage.
Over the years, India has emerged as cricketing powerhouse, who has outplayed ever single country in the world to establish themselves on the first position in various formats. Particularly in the limited over format. India has seen some of the best individuals to have veer represented the country, be it Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli etc.
It is always an honor and achievement for any player to be part of the playing XI in a country where more than 1 billion people play the sport. Justifying the same, have you ever wondered about the players who have performed a worst in the ODI format for India? Well you may not search any further as this article contains the names of those 5 players who might be eligible to state the same.
Worst Indian Cricketers: Top 5 Indian Cricket Players With The Worst ODI Record
5. Srinivas Venkataraghavan
One of India’s premier Test bowlers in the late 20th century, Srinivas Venkataraghavan was a world class off spinner who has been known to build the foundation for spinners since the early days. But he still lands into this unfortunate list. Known to be a lethal lower order batsman and a spinner, lets talk about his batting performance first in ODI.
In 9 innings, Srinivas scored 54 runs at an average of 10.8, having faced a total of 126 balls. Whereas in 15 ODIs, he took only 5 wickets, having bowled a total of 840 balls.
4. Salil Ankola
From the cricketing field to the cinema world, Salil Ankola has lived it all. Known to be a solid medium arm bowler, Ankola made his ODI debut for India in 1989, from where he played in 20 matches, bowling a total of 807 balls and taking only 13 wickets.
3. Arun Lal
He was an Indian domestic cricket stalwart. And was known to many cricketing fanatics for his commentary in the modern-day format. Arun Lal’s stint in the ODIs for India was as big as his verbal sentences. In his 7 years of ODI career, Arun Lal was part of only 13 games, wherein he scored only 122 runs at an average of 9.38 runs per innings.
2. Sairaj Bahatule
A veteran Indian legbreak bowler who witness Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli breaking records. Yet Sairaj Bahatule remains as one of the worst Indian ODI cricket players.
Having played in 8 ODIs, Sairaj Bahatule bowled a total of 294 balls and was able to take only 2 wickets.
1. Nayan Mongia
The most unexpected Indian player in this list. Having batted in 96 innings, Nayan Mongia was able to score only 1272 runs at an average of just over 20 runs per innings in his ODI career for India. Although he struck to half centuries, yet his career strike rate is less than 70.
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