Five well-known players whose careers dwindled after leaving RCB

5. Zaheer Khan (India)

Zaheer Khan

It is a sorry fact that India's legendary bowler Zaheer Khan had to make it into this list. But in all fairness, his career dwindled because his years after RCB were mostly his twilight years in the game.

India's main strike bowler for more than a decade and a half, Zaheer Khan made it into RCB's earliest squad in 2008 and played there till 2010, making 49 scalps in 44 games at a strike rate of a wicket every 20 balls.

In 2011, he shifted his base to Mumbai where he played on until 2013, but wasn't equally successful, picking up 25 wickets in 26 appearances. He was then picked up by Delhi, with whom he played another 30 games, taking just 26 wickets.

In the six seasons he was away from RCB, Zaheer thus could pick only two wickets more than what he could while at RCB in half the time. He eventually retired from all formats of the game, settling down with mentorship roles for different teams.