Patel was picked out of nowhere for the 2002 tour to England
Stuart Binny
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Binny was selected as the seam bowling option in 2014
During the time MS Dhoni was at the helm, one of his most sought-after type of players was a seam-bowling all-rounder. In Stuart Binny, he and the management felt they had found someone who could do that role in the side.
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He was picked in the side that toured England for the Test series in 2014 and made his debut in the first Test, where he made a match-winning 78 that also confirmed a place for him in the next Test at Lord's.
He was persisted with for a while before being replaced by Hardik Pandya at the beginning of 2016.
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