It was strange and surprising how Hashim Amla was ignored by the franchises in the auctions of the Indian Premier League. Hashim Amla is one of the star players who got ignored in the Indian Premier League’s auctions despite their great caliber and repute in the shortest format of the game.
Others who were ignored by the franchises include Ish Sodhi, Adam Zampa, Martin Guptill, Eoin Morgan and Joe Root.
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AMLA’s GREAT RECORD IN THE IPL
Amla featured for the Kings XI Punjab in the last season and his performance should have actually earned him a retention. Amla scored 577 runs for the Kings XI Punjab from 16 matches at a great average of 44.3 and more importantly, these runs came at a whopping strike rate of 144.
Hashim Amla also scored two centuries for Kings XI Punjab and still, he got no interest from any buyers despite a modest base price of 1.5 crores.
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AMLA’s STAGGERING STATS FOR SOUTH AFRICA IN T20Is
Not only in the Indian Premier League but even playing for his nation Hashim Amla has been a great performer in the shortest format of the game. He has scored 1277 runs from 34 T20 internationals at a strike rate of 132.6 and with a handsome average of 34.
Given such stellar performances in the T20s, it is hard to digest that this great player has gone unsold in the auctions of the IPL 2018.
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Hashim Amla is a world class batsman who can score plenty of runs briskly and without taking many risks. He has great caliber and he can turn a match on its head single-handedly but still, he went unsold in the auctions for IPL 2018.
While the Kings XI Punjab made some spectacular purchases in the auctions, they completely forgot about Hashim Amla’s heroics from the previous season.
