7 Foreign Flops of the IPL 8

7 Foreign Flops of the IPL 8: Courtesy the format of the league and player restriction rules, the foreigners play a crucial and decisive role in the IPL. Each team has the luxury of having only four of them in their playing eleven. This amounts to big and marquee names sitting out and warming the bench for much of the season. Teams often struggle to find the right combination and it gets tough for the management to bench international performers. Many a time they single handedly helped their sides win games from a precarious position (none better instance than the 38 ball hundred by David Miller in 2012). Their form reflects in the team’s fortunes at the end of the league. As the eighth season has concluded let us look at some international names who didn’t quite live up to their potential this season:

1. Dale Steyn:

The aggressive and fiery pace spearhead of the Proteas was pretty much off colour this season. Not having had a great 2015 world cup, Steyn was out of form and had to be benched against the impressive Trent Boult early in the season. For somebody with close to 100 wickets in the IPL, that didn’t look right. From there on he was not able to create the same aura when given a chance. The line which is his biggest strength seemed to be rather erratic than consistent. There was no lack of effort though on his part.