Indian Premier League (IPL) is the boiling cauldron of the most exciting crop of cricketers from various corners of the globe. Spanning from producing miraculous bowling feats to pulling off blitzkriegs with the bat, the fray has stayed witness to wild and crazy events.
Similarly, due to certain rules and regulations, it has also missed out on a lot. This is also due to its hard-bound winning mentality that has left out non-performers even if it is for one game or a season.
We will look at five cricketers, whom IPL lost out due to some reason or the other, missing out on a bag full of surprises.
1. Mitchell Starc
The Australian pace spearhead was one of the most menacing fast bowlers who played in IPL for a couple of seasons that saw him claiming 34 wickets from only 27 games. He transcended himself beyond the billing strapped onto him and scalped 20 wickets in 2015. However, things spiraled into an uncontrolled situation when he fell apart with the RCB management.
This spat between Starc and RCB left an indelible mark on the cricketer and he chose to never return to IPL again. However, if he would have been here today, we are all aware of the fact that he would rattle a number of records held by greats of the game.
2. Mashrafe Mortaza
He did make it to IPL for one season, rather one game, where Rohit Sharma took him to the cleaners and he was done for the good.
However, going by his track record in international cricket, he is one of Bangladesh’s finest bowlers of all time. Maybe a bit of patience and one more call up would have done the trick for the former captain of Bangladesh, however, he chose never to return to the league again.
3. Dimitri Mascarenhas
The English man who smashed Yuvraj Singh for 5 sixes in an over, left an extremely bitter taste in the mouth of Indian fans. However, this man had a perfect personality for T-20 cricket.
However, he couldn’t wring out multiple opportunities for him and the numbers that he garnered from the limited games that he played in IPL were quite indicative of his decline. One of the ugliest sides of IPL is that once you stop performing, even if it’s for a single game, you will be slipping already.
4. Shane Bond
The Kiwi fast bowler was quite a thorn in India’s flesh for an entire series and a World Cup game. Indians wouldn’t have forgotten the name so early. However, the Indian Premier League did.
Plying his trade for KKR, he could only manage to play 8 games out of which he could only manage 9 wickets at an economy rate of 7.22. Despite such promising figures, the franchises deemed him to be too old and he never looked back at the Indian extravaganza.
5. Johan Van Der Wath
In ODI’s highest-scoring ODI game that saw South Africa chasing down Australia’s mammoth total of 438, this man played an extremely crucial role in the end, scoring 35 off just 18 balls. He did bag an IPL contract but all he could manage was three games for RCB.
However his all-round ability wasn’t even utilized properly and much to his woes, the franchises were least bothered about this hard-hitting South African after he failed to impress in his first three attempts. Sad but true.
IPL 2020 Coaches Salaries: Mahela Jayawardene Is The Least Paid
