3 Indian Premier League stars who didn't live up to their hype 

#2 Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma

The right arm leg-break bowler from Punjab is another example of someone who disappeared from the scene all of a sudden. Rahul made his debut for Deccan Chargers in 2010 where he took five wickets in the six matches that he played.

It was 2011 that proved out to be a break-through season for Rahul. He was picked by a debut franchise Pune Warriors where he got to play 11 matches and picked 14 wickets with 3/13 being his best bowling figures. He became the talk of the town when his 4-0-7-2 bowling figures against Mumbai had the best economical figure in 2011 IPL.

In the same year Dec 8, 2011, Rahul graced himself with the Blue jersey against West Indies and took 3 wickets. It did seem that India had got a new star until all fell apart when he was tested positive for drugs and from there he never came back to the ODI team.

But back again, Rahul made his T20 debut for India in 2012 against Australia and out of the two matches he took three wickets, but the allegation against him had a greater impact on his professional career and that was the end of a decent right arm leg breaker who had all the signs of making it big.