5 IPL players who disappeared in the murk

2. Kamran Khan

The left-arm pacer hails from a very poor background and had to work very hard to continue his cricket. His father is a woodcutter and the youngster only had one set of cricket whites during his emerging days. Speaking about how he went for the trials Kamran said, “Be it Lucknow or Kanpur, I used to sleep at platforms. I used to buy a platform ticket and spend the night there … I always had monetary problems. I never dared to ask money from my brothers. I had one pair of white clothes for trials”.

He impressed the Rajasthan Royals director of coaching Darren Barry and was later given an IPL contract in the 2^nd edition of the tournament. He bowled with venom and dismissed two of the most destructive batsmen in the world, Brendon McCullum, and Chris Gayle. He castled Gayle with a scorcher of a delivery which moved away after pitching. He later moved to Pune Warriors India but after a year faded into oblivion.