In a country wh??ere people revere cricketers, making it into the playing XI of their national side is the common fanta??sy of all players.

When a cricketer starts playing cricket at a young age, he is motivated to toil hard seeing his heroes do?? just the same at the international level.

However, the competition gets tough as one progress upwards since the national side is selected based on rigorous plans. The unluckiest are the ones who are?? chosen in the squad but neve??r gets to show their skills on the field.

Here are five cricketers who were added to the squad but never played for Team India:

Dheeraj Jadhav

Dheeraj Jadhav is a Maharashtra opener who piled up 1066 runs in just 12 innings in the 2003/04 Ranji Trophy.
His batting brilliance earned him a call-up to the national side in the 4th Test against Australia at home in 2004 but couldn’t break in as Gautam Gambhir was handed the cap.

Jadhav didn’t lose hope as he kept on besieging the opponents with his bat at the inter-state tournaments. But the efforts of the former openers went in vain as Gambhir and Virender Sehwag cemented their spots as openers in th??e Indian cricket team.

The Malegaon-born amassed 7679 runs in his First-class ca??reer in 111 matches b?efore retiring 2015.

Ranadeb Bose

Ranadeb Bose, with his splendid bowling performance in the domestic circuit, saw himself winning an opportunity to be selected for the 2007 England tour of India.

The Bengal pacer picked up 57 wickets in just eight ga??mes at a strike rate of 39.4 during the 2006/07 Ranji Trophy.

But the then 28-year-old couldn’t find a place in the playing XI as RP Singh, Zaheer Khan, and S Sreesanth made it into the wings ahead of him.

Ishwar Pandey

Ishwar Pandey had scalped 48 wickets in 8 matches in the 2012/13 Ranji Trophy and was the tournament’s highest wicket-taker.

The 6′ 2″ bowler possessed the ability to swing the ball at around 130 kmph and was also a trainee at the MRF Pace Academy.

Earning a call for the 2014 New Zealand tour, Pandey wa?s dismayed at not being given a chance to play throughout the leg.

The pacer was also bought by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the 2014 IPL auctions.

Basil Thampi

Another pacer Basil Thampi approached the selector’s radar after receiving the emerging player of the season award in IPL 2017.

Picked up in the T20 squad against Sri Lanka in 2017, Thampi didn’t get a chance on the field as inexperienced bowlers like Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar and Jaydev Unadkat were preferred ahead of him.

After that, the Kerala cricketer was dropped from the India A team and also couldn’t justify his place in Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). He could only pick six wickets in the eight games he played in successive seasons.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Hooda is another player who was picked for the same T20 series as Thamp?i against Sri Lanka in 2017 but warmed the bench.

He was also selected for the Nidahas trophy only to miss the cut. However, Hooda maintained his appearances in the?? IPL, scoring 741 runs from 76 m??atches at a decent strike rate of 131.38.

In the recently postponed IPL 2021, Hooda represented Punjab Kings (PBKS) and had aggregated 116 runs from 8 matches with the help of a half-ce?ntury.

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Ishwar Pandey and Akshita Tiwari is all set for their engagement cerem??ony on 16th Ja?nuary 2017.

Ishwar has played for India A and was selected in the Indian Test and ODI squads for the New Zealand tour in 2014. He represented team Chennai Supe??r Kings in the IPL 2014 and was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiants franchise for the 2016 edition.

Meanwhile, Akshita is a Designer archite????ct based in Pune.

The engagement news was shared by Ishwar?? on his Instagram with caption: 4 more days to go Akshita ???❤❤�?

A photo posted by Ishwarpandey (@ishwar22) on Jan 11, 2017 at 9:33am PST

So get r???eady to witness the Rising Pune Supergiants speedster stepping into the new phase of life in 2017.

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