3 IPL superstars who failed to replicate their IPL success with the Indian team

IPL has provided talented youngsters with a platform to showcase their skills to the world. It has gifted India with many talented players and without it, players like Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, and Jasprit Bumrah might not have come this far.

IPL is a tournament where even unknown youngsters can spring surprises and shoot themselves into the limelight. Right from Swapnil Asnodkar in the early seasons, to Paul Valthaty, to the most recent sensation, Mayank Markande. All of them were pretty much non-existent in the cricketing world before they delivered eye-catching performances in IPL.

Players who play well in the IPL are fast-tracked into the Indian team, however, not all of those players replicate their IPL heroics for India. In this article, we take a look at 3 Indian players who failed to replicate their remarkable IPL showings for Team India.

Note: Only limited-overs stats have been taken.

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#3 Yusuf Pathan

Pathan was seen as one of the most exciting and entertaining youngsters a decade before. Fast-track to 2018, he is a veteran who could retire in a couple of years. He has made a name for himself as a destructive batsman, who has the ability to take the game by the scruff of its neck.

Yusuf's stats

He had a fairly sub-par career with India and his career for the national team doesn't even come remotely close to his IPL career. In contrast, his IPL stats are fabulous and a good day for him meant a good day for the team. He will go down as one of the most destructive players in IPL's history, but no one will remember his contributions for the Indian team.

Although he wasn't a part of the Indian team for a long time, he will consider himself lucky to have won the World Cup and World T20 with India. He has also won three IPL titles, twice with KKR and once with RR.

#2 Piyush Chawla

The leg-spinner is only 29 years old and has a long way to go in his career

He burst onto the scene at a very young age and made his debut for India at 17. He was considered as the next big thing, but sadly he couldn't live up to the billing at the international stage. Chawla performed rather poorly for India and found success only in IPL. In fact, he is the third highest wicket-taker in IPL and there is no harm in calling him an IPL great.

Chawla's stats

The UP born lad has 140 wickets in IPL and is only 14 behind Malinga and six behind Amit Mishra. With both of them aged 35, Chawla has a great chance to become the top wicket-taker in IPL history.

However, he might consider himself lucky to win the World Cup and World T20 with the Indian team.

#1 Robin Uthappa

Uthappa is one of the under-rated cricketers in India

A gifted stroke-maker, Robin Uthappa made his international debut at the age of 20. However, he has played only 42 ODIs and 12 T20Is for India so far. He struggled with his consistency early on in his career and was unlucky to be ignored later. However, he is an IPL veteran and is the fifth highest run-scorer in the tournament.

Uthappa's stats

Uthappa's career with India never really took off and barring a few match-winning knocks, he never really made it count. He was often ignored but did manage to win the CB series and World T20 in 2007.

Since then, he has made sporadic comebacks into the team on a couple of occasions, thanks to his IPL performances, but couldn't make the most of those opportunities.