Shiv Sunder Das
A Test opener of the classic mould, Shiv Sunder Das lost out in the race to be a permanent in the Indian team once Virender Sehwag established his foothold with his brazen strokeplay. Before that, Das, only the second player after Debashish Mohanty from Orissa to have represented India, sparkled on his debut against Zimbabwe, and showed promise and grit. A 23-Test career didn’t do justice to his ability to become a frontline batsman against the new ball. The Bangladesh Test was his first in the whites for the Indian team.
He continued playing domestic cricket until January 2013, although his last game for India was way back in 2002. Representing Tripura against Delhi, he returned with figures of 0 & 1.
Recently, he expressed his interest at becoming a selector, but was ruled out because he hadn’t spent five years since retiring from all formats of the game.
