Top 5 cricketers who never played for India

Padmakar Shivalkar

589 wickets at an incredible average of 19.69, Shivalkar was certainly better than many players who have played for India. Another case of born in the wrong era, Padmakar Shivalkar was arguably the best slow left arm orthodox not to don the Indian colors. He was a captain’s dream as he could pitch the ball in an area for long spells. Being a typical finger spinner, he turned it prodigiously whenever he gave it a real tweak. But when you compete with the likes of Bedi, Venkataraghavan, Prasanna and Chandrasekhar, it’s not a surprise that he hardly got a chance to wear that Blue cap.