3 current IPL stars who played just one T20I for India

The Indian Premier League is arguably the most followed T20 league in the world. It gives a platform for young Indian cricketers to showcase their talent in one of the biggest cricketing stages. Also, budding Indian players are given the opportunity to play and interact with some of the greatest cricketers and coaches in the world.

Players like Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Barinder Sran, Axar Patel, Manish Pandey, Joginder Sharma, Jaydev Unadkat, and Ravindra Jadeja has made into the Indian Twenty20 and ODI team mainly because of some phenomenal performances in IPL.

Players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Dinesh Mongia, Murali Kartik, Sudeep Tyagi, Subramaniam Badrinath, Sreenath Aravind, Pawan Negi, Rishi Dhawan, Parveez Rasool, and Washington Sundar has played only One Twenty20 International for India.

Without much ado, let's take a look at the three current IPL stars who has played only one Twenty20I for India so far.

#1 Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson is one of the most successful players in IPL cricket over the years. Ever since his debut in 2013 as an 18-year-old, the Kerala wicket-keeper batsman has been a consistent performer in the tournament.

He has played 81 IPL games so far and scored 1867 runs at an average of 26.67 and a strike rate of 127.35. His IPL career included 10 fifties and a stunning hundred. He was brought into the Indian T20 side on the back of some strong IPL performances.

He made his T20I debut in 2015 when India toured Zimbabwe. He scored 19 off 24 balls in his only T20I innings as India lost the game by 10 runs at Harare. It was his only international appearance for India in all three formats of the game.

He is only 23 right now and has all the time in the world to make a comeback into the Indian T20 team in the future.

#2 Karn Sharma

Karn Sharma played well for Mumbai in IPL 2017

Karn Sharma, the three-time IPL winner, has been one of the consistent wickets takers in the Indian Premier League. The 30-year-old has lifted the IPL title with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively.

The leg-spinner from Uttar Pradesh has played 61 games in IPL and picked up 53 wickets at an economy rate of 7.76. He was selected to play for the Indian T20 side in 2014 when MS Dhoni & Co. toured England.

He made his T20I debut at Birmingham, aged 26. He bowled well in the game and finished with figures of 4-0-28-1. His first and only wicket in T20I cricket was that of Joe Root. Despite a good debut performance, Karn Sharma did not get a second opportunity to play for India in T20I.

#3 Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav was brilliant for RCB in IPL 2018

Umesh Yadav is one of the best fast bowlers in IPL for quite some time. He is the 8th highest wicket-taker in IPL history and only the second Indian seamer to cross 110 wickets in the tournament.

Umesh Yadav has played 108 games in IPL so far and picked up 111 wickets at an economy rate of 7.86. He was sensational for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL campaign.

Though he has played 36 Tests and 71 One Day Internationals for India, he was not able to break into the Indian T20 team. His only T20I game came long back in 2012 when India toured Sri Lanka.

He opened the bowling for India and finished with figures of 3-0-24-1. Jeevan Mendis was his only wicket in T20I cricket. He is back in the Indian team for the T20 series against England and could add to his solitary T20I cap.