5 lean patches that forced great Indian cricketers into retirement

#3 Mohinder Amarnath

Mohinder Amarnath

The man who was Player of the Match in both the semi-final and the final of India's triumphant 1983 World Cup campaign was known more for his hugely courageous batting in Test cricket. In 1983, Mohinder Amarnath faced up to two of the best fast bowling attacks in the world in the form of the West Indies and Pakistan and scored heaps of runs.

However, his career came undone from around the summer of 1986 and then nosedived by the time he played his last Test in 1988. After a disappointing series in India against arch-rivals Pakistan, he had a poor run of scores in the Test series against West Indies. In the 15 Test matches played in that period, he scored at an average of 33.23 (career average 42.50) and scored a solitary ton. Amarnath called it a day not long after that series.