5 Indians whose Careers went Downhill after winning the 2011 World Cup

#2 Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag was a destructive batsman, but could not play too much beyond the World Cup triumph

Perhaps one of the most brutal batting forces in world cricket, Virender Sehwag was a batsman who redefined aggressive batting in ODI cricket.

Despite a technique which had no footwork, such was his hand-eye coordination that his presence at the wicket used to be scary for the bowlers. His pairing with Gambhir in tests and Sachin Tendulkar in ODIs is still memorable.

Sehwag scored over 17000 international runs, including numerous batting records in both test and ODI cricket.

At 32 years, he was another senior player and also a key factor in India’s batting success in the world cup, giving India some very good starts at the top.

While he also scored a world record 219 later in 2011, but soon after, his form started dipping.

His relentless style of batting soon became the reason of his downfall with too many soft dismissals.

He was ultimately dropped from the national teams and announced his retirement in 2014.