Team India have tried out many players in the last two years. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian cricket team has played non-stop cricket. Owing to travel restrictions and bio-bubble rules, sometimes two series have overlapped each other, prompting the selectors to send two different squads to two countries for series at the same time.
Courtesy of the changes in the schedule, quite a few Indian players have made their debuts in the last two years. In fact, the Indian team also has had eight captains. Some players have received a longer rope, while some have not. In this listicle now, we will look at the three players who played one game for India last year and were dropped.
1. Krishnappa Gowtham – Played against Sri Lanka in 2021
The selectors sent a ‘B’ team to Sri Lanka last year for three ODIs and three T20Is against the island nation. Shikhar Dhawan captained the team. Current Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham played his first ODI on that tour. He scored two runs and took one wicket in that game, but after that, he is yet to don the Indian jersey.
2. Shahbaz Nadeem – Played against England in 2021
Left-arm spin bowler Shahbaz Nadeem was named in the playing XI for the first match of the home ICC World Test Championship series against the England cricket team. That game happened at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, a venue known for assisting the spinners. Nadeem returned with figures of 4/233 in that game and is yet to play for the team again.
3. Sandeep Warrier – Played against Sri Lanka in 2021
Sandeep Warrier made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka last year. He did not have an eventful debut. Since he traveled to Sri Lanka as a net bowler and played because of COVID-19 outbreak in the squad, Warrier was not named in another Indian squad.
