IPL: 10 forgotten players
There are certain cricketers who showed a lot of promise but failed to make it big in the IPL.
8. Shreevats Goswami
Shreevats Goswami has proven his mettle in the Indian domestic circuit time and again. He has featured in 97 List-A matches and racked up 3371 runs at an average of 37.45. Coming to the shortest format, the southpaw has scored 2437 runs in 111 matches at a strike rate of 115.55.
Goswami was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the inaugural season. He showed glimpses of brilliance with the bat and scored 82 runs in four matches. Also, the Kolkata-born impressed everyone with his nifty glovework. Courtesy of his exploits on the cricket field, he was handed the ‘Emerging Player of the season’ award, which was handed to the best Under-19 talent back then.
However, Goswami was not able to build on to the performance in the following IPL editions. The wicketkeeper-batter has played 31 games in the T20 extravaganza and managed to score only 293 runs at a strike rate of 99.32, which includes a lone half-century that he struck in the inaugural season.
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