5 Indians who made their ODI debuts against Australia but faded away too soon

#1 Raman Lamba

Raman Lamba

The late Raman Lamba will always be one of the biggest enigmas in Indian cricket because of a sensational debut series he had against Australia and then the steady drop in form he experienced in the following years.

He was an unorthodox batsman who tried things most batsmen in the 1980s wouldn't dream of, even charging down the pitch against fast bowlers. Lamba debuted against Australia in the first game of the 1986 ODI series at Jaipur and scored a superb 53-ball 64 (8 fours, 1 six) to power India's chase of 251 in 47 overs.

He followed it up with another fifty and a century to end up as the man of the series. Yet, Lamba could not use the sensational debut series as a launch pad for a great career and ended his career playing only 32 ODIs, the last of which was in 1989.