IPL: 5 one-season wonders everybody has forgotten about

The Indian Premier League, since its advent in 2008, has been the cynosure of criticism from orthodox pundits of the game. One of the most pertinent arguments put forward against the cash-rich tournament has been the emergence of one-season wonders who would flatter to deceive before fading away into oblivion soon after.The trend has surprisingly continued for the last eight seasons as the league has never disappointed in throwing up a phenomenon or two each time.These yesteryear ‘stars’, however, continued to extinguish after 10 months, with admirable consistency – as if they had always been destined to. The viewership, as a consequence, began to dwindle once this trend was established.As the eighth season of the IPL nears, let us take a look back at five unfortunate cricketers who shot to fame overnight and raised expectations by leaps and bounds only to fail next season and die quiet deaths in public memory.

#5 Pradeep Sangwan

Pradeep Sangwan’s debut for Delhi as a 17-year-old in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy season, where he scalped 33 wickets at an average of 19.24, earned him a call-up to the U-19 World Cup in Malayasia. There, he impressed with an admirable display of fast bowling with a spell of 5/44 against South Africa in the group stages.

A year later, Sangwan once again catapulted to fame for his remarkable outings in the Delhi Daredevil jersey. 15 victims from 13 matches with the best match figures of 3/18 made him an invaluable part of the Delhi outfit. The promise shown, however, was not matched up to by his 2010 IPL performances – where his average climbed to 28.66.

The left-armer, who idolizes Wasim Akram, turned up in only 3 IPL games in the following three years before being tested positive for a prohibited steroid during his stint with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013. He was banned from cricket for 18 months, thereby effectively making him vanish from the cricketing radar for the last couple of years.