Manoj Tiwary announced his retirement from all formats of cricket today. Many fans consider him as one of the unluckiest Indian batters because he was supposed to make his debut in a Test match against Bangladesh in 2007. However, he got injured and never got the debut cap in his life.
Tiwary scored more than 9,000 runs in first-class cricket. He also had a triple hundred to his name. However, he retired without an Indian Test cap to his name. In this listicle now, we will look at the top five unluckiest Indian batters in the last 15 years.
1. One of the unluckiest Indian batters – Manoj Tiwary
As mentioned ahead, Tiwary was set to make his Test debut against the Bangladesh cricket team in 2007. However, he suffered an injury, which ruled him out of the match. The BCCI never gave him another chance in Test cricket.
2. One of the unluckiest Indian batters – Priyank Panchal
Despite being in the Indian Test squad for multiple series, Priyank Panchal is yet to make his Test debut. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who came after him in the team, has already played two Test matches.
3. Abhimanyu Easwaran
Abhimanyu Easwaran is another unlucky batter of India. Like Priyank Panchal, he was in the Indian squad multiple times as a backup opener. However, Easwaran never got the chance to play.
4. Sarfaraz Khan
While the aforementioned names were called up to the Indian squad, middle-order batter of Mumbai, Sarfaraz Khan is yet to earn his maiden Test call-up. He has been a consistent performer in first-class cricket, but the selectors have ignored him.
5. Faiz Fazal
Faiz Fazal was another consistent top-order batter in domestic cricket. He never played a Test match, but he represented India in one ODI, where he scored a half-century. Surprisingly, he never played for India again.
