6 Indian cricketers who did not get enough chances under MS Dhoni

4. Munaf Patel

Munaf Patel is one of the unsung heroes of Indian cricket not to have gotten his fair share of credit that he rightfully deserved. Having burst onto the scene at the highest level in March 2006 at the age of 22, Patel looked to be a promising medium-pace and got backing from the then skipper Rahul Dravid.

Patel almost regularly made his presence felt in the Indian side including in the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean where India crashed out in the group stages. However, the biggest turning point in his career came when India won the 2011 ODI World Cup on home soil with Patel one of the integral members of the side. He accounted for a well-set Pakistani opener Mohammad Hafeez and Abdul Razzaq in the semifinal to take the victory away from the Men in Green’s grasp.

It felt as if Munaf Patel would be the next big thing in the Indian pace department post that triumph, but that was not to be as he played his last India game in September that year at the age of 28 years.