5 international players who never played the Champions Trophy

#5 Monty Panesar

Panesar played 26 ODIs only

Monty Panesar will always be remembered as a distinct identity in English cricket. Panesar was referred to as England’s next long-term spinner.

Early in his career, former England head coach Duncan Fletcher described him as ‘the best finger spinner in the world.’ However, after close to three years of top-class cricket, his career graph began to plummet because of slump in form and personal problems.

Panesar made his ODI debut in the Commonwealth Bank series following the Ashes in 2007. The left arm spinner’s international career continued to progress thereafter. But, he was accuses of not learning and improving his game.

In the 26 international ODIs he played, he took 24 wickets at an average of 35.