Team India: Every player at some point in his career has to take a big decision as to how much cricket is left in him and when to retire. Asian players always retire late and this trend has been going on for a long time.
But there are some players who cannot find a place in the team and are not even included in the plans of Team India, yet they do not retire.
Mohit Sharma and Piyush Chawla have been out of Team India for a long time.
In this article, we will talk about two such Indian players who last played a match for India almost a decade ago but after that they were dropped from the team, but even after knowing this, they may not get a chance in the team. And his age has also increased, he is not announcing his retirement. This opponent is none other than fast bowlers Mohit Sharma and Piyush Chawla.
Piyush Chawla was the lucky charm of Team India
Piyush Chawla has been a part of Team India’s two World Cup winning teams. But since then he has not got a chance to make a comeback in Team India. If we talk about Piyush’s career, he has taken only 7 wickets in 6 innings of 3 matches for Team India in Tests at an average of 38 and strike rate of 70.
Whereas in ODI, he has taken 32 wickets for India in 25 innings of 25 matches at an average of 34 and strike rate of 41. Whereas in T20, Piyush has taken 4 wickets at an average of 37 and economy of around 7.
Mohit Sharma has been a part of the team that played World Cup twice for Team India. In which he gave a mixed performance. But Mohit has earned more name for himself in IPL than in International.
Mohit Sharma’s career has been like this
If we talk about Mohit’s career, Mohit has played 26 ODI matches for Team India and has taken 31 wickets in 25 innings at an average of 32 and strike rate of 36. Whereas in T20 cricket, he has taken 6 wickets in 8 matches at an average of 30 and economy of 8.
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