5 International cricket stars who faded away from limelight

2. S Sreesanth

S Sreesanth broke into international cricket in 2005 under Rahul Dravid’s captaincy and became an integral part of the Indian team. Among pacers such as RP Singh, Munaf Patel, and VRV Singh, Sreesanth came out as an extraordinary pace-bowling talent in the Indian cricket team. 

In March 2006, Sreesanth made his Test debut against England in Nagpur and showcased his mettle with the ball, clinching 4/95 figures in the first innings. In 2007, the speedster was a part of the Indian side that won the 2007 World T20 trophy under MS Dhoni’s captaincy in South Africa. 

From 2005-07, Sreesanth played magnificently in the ODI format but his performance plunged in 2008. In the 2011 World Cup, he replaced Praveen Kumar in the team, who got injured before the event. The year 2011 turned out to be his last appearance in the international circuit. Sreesanth got arrested on charges of spot-fixing in IPL 2013. After six years of the infamous incident, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reduced his ban to seven years after Supreme Court’s instruction to the board to reconsider the pacer's suspension in 2019.