#14 RP Singh
In the aftermath of the 2007 World T20 (where he was joint-highest second wicket-taker for the tournament), RP Singh emerged as one of India's new pace-bowling stars and entered undoubtedly the best phase of his career, where he would be a relatively consistent figure in the Indian side and win several accolades, perhaps most notably the Purple Cap for the 2009 edition of the IPL.
However, after 2009, due to inconsistency at the international level, RP was dropped from the side and returned only briefly in 2011 as a replacement for Zaheer Khan during the tour of England. Besides that, his career only consisted of toiling away in domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat and moving from franchise to franchise in the IPL.
The 2016 Ranji Trophy final, which his team, Gujarat, went on to win, would turn out to be his last professional match, and after two years of inactivity, he announced his retirement in September 2018. Despite retiring from professional cricket, he recently made an appearance in the T10 League in the UAE and has also ventured into commentary.
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