4 Indian cricketers who were one-series wonders

#2 Vijay Bharadwaj

Vijay Bharadwaj

Most of the Indian cricket lovers remember Bharadwaj as the man who shone in the LG Cup in Nairobi featuring India, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya in 1999. He took 10 wickets and scored 89 runs in that tournament and was adjudged the Man of the Series. However, his fame too, was short-lived as he struggled to cement his place in the side and found himself out of favor with the national selectors soon after that.

Bharadwaj was a bowling all-rounder, who bowled off-spin and batted in the lower middle order. His bowling was considerably tidy and batting was suited to limited-overs cricket. He also remains one of the few bespectacled cricketers to have played at the international level. He played a Test series at home against the visiting New Zealand team, but failed to impress and was dropped soon after that.

Bharadwaj missed out on a promising international career and India too, missed out on a genuine all-rounder. Bharadwaj played in 3 Tests and 10 ODIs for India, scored 28 and 136 runs and took 1 and 16 wickets respectively.