Top 3 cricket teams which dominated in the past but have struggled in recent times

#2 Zimbabwe

Exuberant Zimbabweans 1999 World Cup

With talented players like flowers brothers, Alistair Campbel, and Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricket once inveighed with successful teams like Australia. 1997-2002 is popularly considered as the golden period of cricket in the country.

Things started declining when Robert Mugabe's established government started intervening in the cricket affairs and also announced the subsequent reduction in the funding of ZC. The 'black-armband' protest of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga was the turning point, which proved to be a career-ending act for them. Both of them retired and emigrated from Zimbabwe.

Henry Olunga was later ostracized for being born in Zambia

A countless myriad of fundamental problems grappled not only Zimbabwean Cricket but also ordinary people. Their captain Streak was sacked, and reservation in the sport was introduced. In addition, there was not enough time for the Zimbabwean players to adjust under the new contemporary system. The power vacuum created after the dismissal of Streak remained unfulfilled, as there was no central leadership.

For the modern record, untested Tatenda Taibu became the youngest Test captain but wasn't enough to relive the erstwhile Zimbabwean pride. They were hopelessly outclassed by the historically weakest considered Bangladesh cricket team at Chittagong in 2005.