Four left-arm pacers India tried after Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra but failed miserably

Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra were two great left-arm pacers from India in the 2000s across formats. The duo has played for the national team across formats and won a lot of games. Khan had a longer career between the two as the Ashish Nehra used to get injured more often. Meanwhile, both were part of the victorious 2011 World Cup side.

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The Mumbaikar played last for the Men In Blue in early 2014. On the other hand, Ashish made his comeback in the team in 2016 and played till late 2017. After their retirement, India's endless search for their replacements continued for a long time. In this listicle, we will discuss four left-arm pacers India tried but failed miserably.

Four left-arm pacers India tried

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1. Jaydev Unadkat

The Saurashtra player made his international debut in 2010 in a Test match against South Africa. He failed to impress in that game and never played in the format, therafter. Apart from this, he has played seven ODIs and 10 T20Is. His inability to pick wickets in the shortest format didn't allow him to enjoy a long career.

However, if we look at his numbers in domestic cricket, he has 336 wickets to his name. However, he couldn't replicate similar performances in International cricket.

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2. Khaleel Ahmed

The former India U19 player has an impressive record in domestic white-ball cricket, including the Indian T20 League. He has more than 170 wickets to his name at a collective average of around 25. However, he couldn't replicate his domestic performance at the highest level.

In 25 games in ODIs and T20Is collectively, he has 28 wickets at an average of over 30. His economy rate in ODI (5.81) is decent but has the tendency to leak runs in T20Is (8.82) 

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3. Sreenath Aravind

The Karnataka has impressive record in domestic cricket for his state team. He has more than 400 wickets across formats. However, while playing the Indian T20 League for Bangalore and international cricket for India, he failed to impress.

In one T20I game he played against South Africa in 2015, he took one wicket and gave away 44 runs. Also, he wasn't very impressive in the limited games he played for Bangalore. 

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4. Barinder Sran

Hyderabad fans in the Indian T20 League might remember Barinder Sran taking the wicket of Virat Kohli in the 2016 season finale, This wicket changed the complexion of the game and the Orange Army went on to win the title.

After a while, he played for India and troubled the Zimbabwe batters with his in-swing deliveries. However, for some reason, he wasn't given enough opportunities against bigger teams and is still awaiting his recall in the national side.