5 batsmen who started like Prithvi Shaw but faded away

#2 Praveen Amre

It's very rare that an Indian batsman, on debut, succeeds outside the subcontinent - while many remember Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and their deeds in England in 1996, not many might recall Praveen Amre's debut century, at No.6, against a South African bowling line-up that had the famed Indian batting down at 38-4.

Ramakant Achrekar, the famed coach to Sachin Tendulkar, had once claimed that Amre would be a better batsman than the Master Blaster someday.

The expectations might have taken a toll on him, but Amre's international career never took off. He now trains and consults some of India's top batsmen, and was the assistant coach for Delhi Daredevils when Prithvi Shaw debuted in the IPL this year.

One of Team India's biggest cases of 'could have'.