Best XI from Unpicked Players in IPL 2024 Auction

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction, which took place in Dubai on Tuesday, saw a frenzy of high-stakes bidding battles as over 300 players were auctioned off. With 72 cricketers finding new homes among the ten franchises, the attention was on Australian players Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, who both signed multi-million-dollar contracts. 

Cummins signed a lucrative contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 20.50 crore, while Starc signed a lucrative contract with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 24.75 crore. Harshal Patel was the most expensive Indian player sold at INR 11.75 crore to Punjab Kings.

But many players went unsold and some of the names were very surprising given their performances, record, and even their recent performance.

Here's the best XI from unsold players in IPL 2024 auction:

1. Phil Salt (WK)

England keeper-batter Phil Salt had hit two consecutive centuries in T20Is against West Indies with one coming just before the IPL 2024 auction. However, he failed to get any bidders for himself in the auction, and not only Salt but several other experts were shocked at him going unsold.

In IPL 2023, for DC, he played 9 games, scoring 218 runs with 2 fifties and a strike rate of 163.91. It seems that not buying Salt might be a bad decision for franchises in hindsight especially when DC bought 5 wicketkeepers as Rishabh Pant’s backup.