5 Experienced players who remained unsold in the IPL 2017 auction

351 players were up for grabs in the IPL 2017 player’s auction. Franchises seemed to have a plan for each player they wanted to buy. As only 66 players were bought altogether by the eight franchises. There were a lot of positive surprises but there were some stars who went unsold. Some of the best bowlers of the world were not fought for by the franchises and there are various reasons to it. From high base price to unavailability for the entire season. Their experience would have come handy, but nowadays flair is more sought after than experience. Here are the top five experienced players who went unsold. 1. Marlon Samuels Marlon Samuels. (Photo Source: BPL) This West Indian won his team a World T20 championship not so long ago. He took the mantle to himself and scored a brisk and destructive knock of 85 against England in the final of the World T20 2016. He later performed equally well in the Bangladesh Premier League as well. Based at a mere 1 crore, given his standard, Samuels would go into any of the teams in the IPL but rather he went unsold as no franchise seemed to be interested in him. Also read- IPL 2017 Auction: Top 5 unsold players 2. Jonny Bairstow Jonny Bairstow of England. (Photo by Mitchell Gunn/Getty Images) We always see that some of the teams always tend to play a second fiddle wicketkeeper in the IPL but yet again this young English player was overlooked by the franchises. This wicketkeeper-batsman is a hotshot as well and did pretty well during the tour of India. Jonny Bairstow might not be a specialist limited-overs player has scored over 1400 in Tests at an average of 58.80. It might have been his base price of INR 1.5 crores which would have made the franchises think about him. But this star would be disappointed as he will miss out on what promises to be a cracker of a season in the IPL. 3. Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan. (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images) Playing for the Rising Pune Supergiants last season he was underplayed by the former Indian skipper MS Dhoni. He was released this season by RPS and went into the auction with a base price of 50 lakhs which is acceptable. Irfan Pathan also showed signs of coming back to form in the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament for West Zone picking crucial wickets with the new ball. However, nothing convinced any of the franchise and the hammer of Richard Madley said unsold for this player despite being presented twice. Also read- Irfan Pathan’s message for his fans after the IPL 2017 Auction 4. Ishant Sharma (Photo Source: BCCI) Ishant Sharma, also a Rising Pune Supergiants player last season, had a campaign to forget. As he leaked runs but that is only one of the many reasons. Ishant has only been a part of the Indian Test team of late. He also had based himself at the highest price possible, which is not a smart thing to do. Some of the franchises who wanted him held themselves because of his base price. Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata knight Riders skipper also was surprised with the same. All that coupled up and nobody actually raised their card when Ishant was presented twice for the auction. 5. Imran Tahir Imran Tahir of South Africa. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) World number one bowler in One Day Internationals and the world number one bowler in T20 internationals as well. That would have been enough for anyone to get a buyer in the IPL player’s auction. But that was not the case for this South African spin maestro. Imran Tahir, without a doubt, has been in great form. He has performed very well against the Black Caps as well as the Sri Lankans. He was based at a price of 50 Lakh which is fairly low if compared to his achievements. Never the less, this enthusiastic player was not wanted by any of the franchise it also had to do with the fact that he tends to be expensive at times and wouldn’t have been available for the entire tournament. Also read- IPL 2017 Auction: 10 most expensive picks

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