Honorable mentions
Ashish Nehra - He generated good pace and could seam the ball both ways. He had a good late inswinger and bowled a good yorker at the death. Unfortunately, injuries troubled him all through his career and he could never settle down on the Indian side.
VVS Laxman - A stylish stroke-maker and a very capable middle-order batsman. But, did not get a consistent run in ODIs as he was considered more of a Test specialist.
Bench Strength - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Hemang Badani, Murali Karthik, Dinesh Mongia and Parthiv Patel. All made handy contributions whenever they got a chance to represent India.
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