5 careers which never took off under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy

#2 Murali Kartik

Kartik found chances hard to come by due to the presence of Kumble and Harbhajan in the Indian side

Murali Kartik's international career for India can be considered unlucky to a certain extent as he found opportunities hard to come by due to the presence of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh in the national side.

Though Kartik made his Test debut under Tendulkar's captaincy back in 2000, it was under Ganguly that Kartik made his ODI debut and enjoyed a decent run in the side.

But the Railways cricketer always found himself in and out of the side as he failed to dislodge the senior spin pairing of Harbhajan and Kumble.

Kartik did enjoy a couple of memorable spells against Australia at the international level with a Man-of-the-Match performance in the Mumbai Test in 2004 and another match-winning performance with figures of 6/27 in an ODI at the very same venue in 2007.

With just 8 Tests and 37 ODIs over a seven-year spell, it is clear that Kartik never enjoyed a continuous run in the national side and was always under constant pressure to keep performing to secure his place in the side.