4 Indian cricketers who were one-series wonders

#4 Vivek Razdan

Vivek Razdan

Yet another Indian fast bowler to miss out on a long international career, Razdan was even unluckier as he did not even get to play in a whole series. Rather, he played 2 Test matches against Pakistan in Pakistan in the 1989-90 series and took 5 wickets in the only innings he bowled in.

Still, inexplicably, he did not play in any Test match after that. He played in 3 ODIs too and took one wicket. Razdan was a very decent seam-bowling option that India chose not to have. He could also have been an ideal ally for the likes of Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad in the 1990s.

The 1989-90 series between the two arch-rivals was more memorable because of non-cricketing reasons than cricketing ones as some dull and drab test cricket was being played on placid tracks. However, Razdan spit fire in the Faisalabad Test to take 5 Pakistani wickets and drew praise from opposition captain Imran Khan too. However, he had to stick to playing domestic cricket after that and never got a chance to represent India again. He took 67 first-class wickets at an average of 33.79.