England left-arm spinner, Monty Panesar who had a stop-start Test career as he has played only 50 tests till date picking up 167 wickets, whereas in ODIs, Panesar only played 26 matches with 24 wickets to his name.

The 37-year-old has not retired yet and is trying to get back in professional cricket and is ‘still working hard’ to get his name enrolled into a county side.

“I am still trying to play professional cricket, but I have not found a County (team) yet. I am still working hard to find a County. I may try and play Ranji Trophy this year. I think there is one team Puducherry that allows overseas players to play,” Panesar was quoted as saying by The Telegraph newspaper.

When Puducherry team official was asked about chances of including Panesar, he said, “Three outstation players have been finalised. But there’s no clue regarding Monty’s inclusion.”

Puducherry have selected three outstation players for this season Karnataka’s R. Vinay Kumar, Tamil Nadu’s Arun Karthik and Paras Dogra from Himachal Pradesh. West Indies legend Alvin Kallicharan will be the mentor of the team when the season gets underway, while D. Rohit is scheduled to lead the side.

When asked about the diversity in the current England team that won their maiden 50-over World Cup at Lord’s, the English cricketer said, “The spinners have played an important role in England’s World Cup win. There’s certainly an amazing diversity in this English side… You’ve got an Irishman, players of New Zealand and Pakistani origins, and it shows that a team with such diversity can really be strong.”