IPL 2018: 5 Benched players most teams will have their eyes on for the transfer window
Let's talk about the question that's been plaguing almost everybody's mind. What exactly is a mid-season transfer window and how will it work in the IPL?
5. Jean-Paul Duminy
A man of experience and abundant cricketing knowledge is what sums up JP Duminy. The talented Protean all-rounder has been around in international Cricket since 2004 and he’s been playing T20 Cricket since 2007. More than a decade later, he’s an indispensable cog in the South African machinery and his exploits in the IPL aren’t any less in the measure. He’s been part of several franchises in the IPL, including Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Delhi Daredevils.
Currently, Duminy is in the Mumbai Indians team, where he’s previously played for the period of 2009-10. However, he’s yet to play an IPL match since his last game for the Delhi side back in 2016. While the tendency to exclude him from match proceedings can be attributed to the age-factor, any person with the right knowledge of Cricket will agree that Duminy has more than enough cricketing ability left in him. His most recent appearance for South Africa in T20s in February 2018 against India in Cape Town saw him end the match with bowling figures of 3-0-22-0 and a gritty knock worth 55 runs off 41 balls. With a combined run-tally of 3815 in IPL and T20Is and dependable off-break bowling skills, Duminy is bound to be a catch during the transfer process.
*Disclaimer: These are the players’ teams would’ve liked to add with the transfer window. However, the rule is that only uncapped players who have played maximum two matches after 7 matches will be eligible for transfer.
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