IPL: 5 stars whose shine remained only for one season

#5 Rahul Sharma (2011 Season)

Rahul Sharma's heroics in 2011 season earned him an Indian Team call-up

The leg-break bowler from Punjab got his IPL breakthrough in 2010 when he represented Hyderabad Deccan Chargers but wasn't impressive enough to be fielded consistently by the franchise. He finished with 5 wickets from 6 matches in the 2010 edition. His fortunes favored him the next season as Pune Warriors India picked him up for the 2011 season. He took 16 wickets from 14 matches at a mind-blowing economy of 5.46.

The highlight of the bowling charts for the season was his dream spell against Mumbai Indians where he took the figures of 4-0-7-2. This was the most economical bowling performance of that season. His bowling in the MI fixture even earned him praise from Sachin Tendulkar and he was aptly awarded the Man of the Match though his team lost the fixture.

His IPL Chronicles earned him an Indian team call-up but he couldn't carry on his fabulous form of IPL. He was even hit by a bout of Bell's Palsy before the start of the third season. His condition was like a paralysis of muscles of the face due to which he found it difficult to flex his facial muscles. He overcame all these odds to feature in 2011 season without full recovery. But his national stint was not as successful as the IPL of 2011 and was later dropped from national colors.