5 Faded IPL stars - Where are they now?

5. Shadab Jakati 

Shadab Jakati, the left-arm off-spinner hogged the spotlight with his impressive performance in the inaugural season of IPL. He played for MS Dhoni’s led side Chennai Super Kings and grabbed 13 wickets in his nine outings. The 39-year-old attracted everyone’ s sight after he took two back to back four-wicket haul in the IPL. Moreover, he played a crucial role in CSK’s title triumph in 2010 and 2011.

The left-arm spinner played for CSK, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions (he was part of the team but never featured in a game). There were some voices that he might get a chance to make debut for Team India in the shorter format but Ravichandran Ashwin got the chance to play ahead of him for the Men in Blue in 2011.

After some seasons, he started fading away due to his poor form with the ball. He never looked the old Jakati, who did exceedingly well for CSK in his first three seasons. On the other hand, he kept on playing for Goa in the domestic circuit for a considerable amount of time.

In the year 2019, he bid adieu to all forms of cricket and shifted his focus to coaching. He also tried his hands in regional political where he didn’t get much success. In the year 2019, Jakati, who had not played a single game in the span of a year, was appointed as the assistant coach for Edmonton Royals in Global T20 Canada league and he worked under CSK’s head coach Stephen Fleming. Now, there are reports that he will look to pursue his career in the same field in upcoming years.