Top 10 bowlers who never got their due because of the greatness of their peers 

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#6 Murali Kartik

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When Murali Kartik first made his debut for India back in 2000, it was widely believed that the team had finally got a left-arm spinner who could go on to become one of the greats of the game. He was a spinner who had a superb action, could turn the ball and had changes of pace that could flummox the best of batsmen.

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However, he never quite got is due because Anil Kumble was India's number 1 spinner and year after Kartik's debut, Harbhajan Singh became the confirmed second spinner after taking 32 wickets against Australia in that historic series in 2001.

Kartik only got a look in, when India needed to play three spinners or when one or the other of Harbhajan or Kumble were injured. He played only 8 Tests and 37 one-dayers for India in a career spanning 7 years.

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