IPL 2024: Top 5 Surprisingly unsold players in auction

A mini-auction was held for the 17th season of the Indian Premier League where 333 players went under the hammer. 30 of these places were taken by foreign players and 42 Indian players held their breaths as their names were flashed on TV screens. A staggering sum of INR 230.45 crores was paid on the sale of these 72 players.

Expectedly so, the Australian players saw the bidding wars going for them as they soared for new records. Australian skipper Pat Cummins and left-handed pacer Mitchell Starc saw teams going gaga over them as they each fetched more than INR 20 crores.

However, as new records were being made and old records were being broken, a few renowned faces went unnoticed. Surprisingly, this list included a few Indian faces while some big foreign names as well. Fans were left bewildered with some of these names not being picked either by their teams or any other franchises as well.

Here is a list of the top five surprisingly unsold players in the IPL Auction 2024:

5. Phil Salt

Phil Salt is a 27-year-old, swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter from the British nation. Having played 216 T20 matches so far, he has scored a total of 5136 runs at a strike rate of 153. He has smashed two centuries and 32 half-centuries in these games as well. He was a part of this tournament’s 2023 campaign for Delhi Capitals but was released ahead of the auctions.

What came as a surprise was, he performed brilliantly representing his nation just before the auctions. He smashed a century for his team a couple of days before the auction and one on that very day too, but still failed to garner enough attention to get picked.