Worst Indian Test Cricketers: Top Biggest Flops In The Longest Format

Worst Indian Test Cricketers: Top Biggest Flops In The Longest Format

Worst Indian Test Cricketers: Take a look at the list of the worst test cricketers of all time to represent India on the international stage and know all about their stats.

Since the dawn of Sourav Ganguly taking over the Indian Cricket Captaincy, the Test format ride has been a roller-coaster for India. Experiencing utmost highs and lows, India has paved their way to the top of the ranks and inaugural World Test Championship through extreme struggles.

Although there are a host of Indian Players who have done significantly well in the longest format showing their paramount performances. On the contrary there have been a handful of Indian players who have failed considerably in Test format.

Want to know who they are? You have landed onto just the perfect spot as we look at the biggest Indian international names to flop in test cricket.

Worst Indian Test Cricketers: The Players who Performed the Least In Test Cricket

5. Mannava Prasad

Hailing from Andhra Prasad, Manna Prasad paved his way into the Indian test Team in a time where the likes of Sachin Tendulkar etc dominated the starting XI. His Test career only lasted for a year, wherein he played 6 test matches and managed to score only 106 runs in 11 innings. His career average in test was just 11 runs per innings.

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4. Datta Gaekwad

He was a right handed batsman who made his Test debut for India in 1952. Datta Gaekwad was a part of 11 test matches for India, wherein he scored 350 runs at an average of 18.53 runs per innings. Given that he played in the initial days, statistically he still ranks as one of the worst Indian Test Players.

3. CS Nayadu

Late CS Nayadu is one of the veteran players of India. He was a right handed batsman and legbreak googly bowler, who failed to impress with the bat and also with the bowl in the Test format. Manging to score 147 runs and picking up only 2 wickets in 11 test matches.

2. Aakash Chopra

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Have you ever realized why Aakash Chopra gets criticized for his extremely harsh words on the modern-era players? It is because for his own Test stats. He was one of those players that India fumbled with to find the right pairing option with Virendra Sehwag.

Although he did impress with some performances scoring 2 half centuries yet he managed to score only 437 runs at an average of just 23 runs per innings.

1. Sameer Dighe

He was is USA when he got a call up to play for India in test. Sameer Dighe managed to play in 6 as a wicketkeeper and managed to score only 141 runs at an average of 15.66 runs per innings.

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