5 cricketers who faded away after successful ODI or T20 World Cup campaigns

#3 Joginder Sharma (India, 2007 ICC World T20)

Joginder Sharma celebrates during the 2007 T20 World Cup

The 2007 World T20 win was a remarkable feat by the Indian cricket team as no one had predicted such an outcome prior to the start of the tournament. In a hard-fought final in Johannesburg, India got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan, and Joginder Sharma was one of the main heroes of the clash.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tossed the ball to the man from Haryana in the last over of the match. The mighty Misbah-ul-Haq was at the crease, looking in control to steer his nation to a famous win.

Fate had other plans though. The Pakistani hit a six off the second ball of the over after the first ball was a dot. But off the third ball, the right-hander tried to clear the short fine leg fielder and got a leading edge which found S. Sreesanth’s safe hands.

India ended up lifting the trophy and Joginder Sharma was a national hero. Unfortunately however, that was the last T20 international he ever played.