Four Cricketers who couldn’t regain their lost form

Cricket is one of the most challenging sports in the world. It requires the players to be at their best for their entire careers. For this, all the cricketers have to spend long hours in practice and keep updating themselves according to the requirements of the game. However, there comes a period in every cricketer’s life when they just can’t perform in the field despite sweating for hours in the practice. On that note, let’s take a look at some of the cricketers who just couldn’t regain their form after they lost it:

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar (Source: Twitter)

Hailed as the greatest batter to ever grace the game, Sachin Tendulkar performed consistently throughout his career. The batter has almost all the batting records under his name. However, Tendulkar’s golden run in international cricket also came to an end during the last phase of his career. After the 2011 ODI world cup, where he finished as the second-highest run-scorer, Tendulkar had a dismal run in international cricket.

After his 99^th international hundred, the master-blaster took more than a year to score his next one. Following that, there was a century drought which continued till the end of his career. Seeing himself not coming back to form, the legendary finally bid adieu to international cricket in 2013.

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh (Source: Twitter)

Yuvraj Singh was the most valuable asset of the Indian team at his peak. He was the architect of numerous memorable victories for the Men in Blue. The spin all-rounder played a crucial role for the team in their historic 2007 and 2011 world cup triumphs. His career graph, however, went downwards post the 2011 ODI world cup. Yuvraj was battling cancer and his return to cricket after his recovery was not memorable.

The big hitter looked like a shadow of his formal self upon his return. His poor form with the bat became a reason for being dropped from the side. He did make a comeback to the team afterwards. But never looked like the same player he was in the past. The all-rounder finally announced his retirement in 2019.

Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir (Source: Twitter)

Gautam Gambhir was one of the strongest pillars, of the Indian team between 2007-2011. He was ranked at the no 1 spot in the Test batters’ rankings for a long time. The opener also played two crucial knocks in both the world cup finals of 2007 and 2011. Like the players mentioned above, Gambhir also had a change of fortune post the 2011 ODI World Cup.

The batter had forgettable tours of England and Australia in 2011 in Test Cricket. From being ranked as no 1 test batter in the world in 2010, Gambhir was shown his way out of the team at the beginning of 2013. He also lost his place in the ODI team during the same year. He did make a return to the Test team on two occasions but couldn’t do much to seal his place in the side.

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag (Source: Twitter)

Sehwag was one of the most feared openers in international cricket. He was at the peak of his powers in 2010 and played an important role in India’s 2011 world cup triumph. But post that, his career went into a slump.

He scored a solitary hundred in a Test in 2012, which turned out to be the last hundred of his career. The swashbuckling batter couldn’t recover from his poor form and was shown the way out of the team.

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