Cricket World Cup History: 5 Forgotten Heroes of the 2015 World Cup 

#2 Umesh Yadav (India)

Umesh Yadav was the second highest wicket-taker in the tournament

The 2015 World Cup saw India emerge as a bowling powerhouse, in contrast to their traditional image of batting juggernauts. The Indian bowlers succeeded to bowl out the opposition in 7 consecutive games. This attack was led by Umesh Yadav, who provided constant breakthroughs for the then defending champions.

Umesh Yadav spearheaded the pace attack comprising of Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He was in terrific form in the 2015 tournament and made the most out of the pace-friendly pitches of Australia and New Zealand.

The right-arm pacer finished as the second highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with 18 scalps to his name in 8 games. Yadav took two consecutive four-fers, in the quarter-final and semi-final clashes against Bangladesh and Australia respectively.

However, Yadav has been in and out of the team since the sporting extravaganza of 2015. With the emergence of Jasprit Bumrah and the comeback of Mohammed Shami, Yadav lost his place in the Indian squad.

He was in contention for the WC as the fourth seamer, however, the selectors backed all-rounder Hardik Pandya to fill in those shoes which came as an abrupt call to the hopes of Yadav.