5 Players who played for India recently but have been forgotten now

Team India is getting ready for the all-important 2022 T20 Asia Cup. The Men in Blue have already announced a strong-looking squad and they will back themselves to win the competition. Star batter Virat Kohli is set to make his return to the Indian squad and will want to put on a good show with the bat.

Apart from Kohli, the team management has also included the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Avesh Khan, and Arshdeep Singh among others who have remained a part of the Indian squad and performed consistently for the Men in Blue. However, there are a few players who had represented India recently, but they have been sidelined from the national squad. In this article, we will talk about five such players. Let us begin:

5 Players who played for India recently but have been forgotten now

5. Venkatesh Iyer

On the back of some excellent performances for the two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer made his debut for team India against New Zealand in November 2021. The left-handed batter also made his ODI debut against South Africa in January this year.

Despite representing India in both white-ball formats, Venkatesh is now nowhere to be seen in the Indian squad. While he played his last ODI match against Africa in the same series he made his debut, Venkatesh played his last T20I against Sri Lanka in February 2022 but got dropped from the team soon after.

Talking about his numbers in the T20I format, the 27-year-old has represented India in nine matches and has scored 133 runs at an average of 33.25 with his strike rate being above 160. He has also scalped a total of five wickets in the 20-over format. In ODI, he has played two matches and scored 24 runs.