The Ranji Trophy has been one of the pinnacle stones of the Indian Cricket Team. It acted as the gateway to discovering talented Indian cricketers who have created a long-lasting impact on the cricket world's landscape. Currently, this tournament has come under the spotlight for many reasons, specifically related to the current Indian cricket team campaigners who are relying on this red-ball tournament to polish and revamp their game after a string of consecutive mediocre performances.

The prominent example is Virat Kohli, who is all set to make a comeback for his home side, Delhi, over 12 years, in tomorrow's Delhi vs Railways Ranji Trophy match. Not just him, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Ravindra Jadeja have been among those who have used the Ranji Trophy as a platform to fine-tune their game. Though the examples mentioned above have been spectacular in this domestic platform, a few players have shown their top-class match in this format but didn't get a chance to don the Indian Cricket Team jersey. That said, here we look at the five players who have seen this scenario.

1. Amol Muzumdar

Amol Muzumdar is the first name that comes to mind when posed with the title of a stellar Ranji Trophy campaigner who couldn't cut the international side. He is a great batter who has constantly put in the work but has never received his fair rewards, if only because of the quality ahead of him.

In a career spanning over 20 years, Muzumdar scored over 11,000 first-class runs at an average of 48, including 30 centuries. He leads all hitters who have never played for India in terms of runs; as excellent as he was, he struggled throughout his career to break into a middle order that had made the Indian red-ball squad a hitting juggernaut, which is still bewildering for many fanatics regarding his exclusion from the Indian side.