None of the listed Indian cricketers (MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev) were ever designated as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. The first Indians to receive this honor were Vinoo Mankad (1970), followed by others like Farokh Engineer (1973), Bishen Singh Bedi (1976), and Sunil Gavaskar (1980).