IPL 2018: Unsold playing XI from the auction

5. Eoin Morgan (C)

Another England batsman who failed to impress the team owners was Eoin Morgan. The left-hander is the dynamic batsman which is needed to sustain in the format where tonking the ball with utmost power is given the top priority. He was with Kings XI Punjab last year and had a torrid season playing only four matches. He could accumulate only 65 in the limited outings for the team which went against him. But Morgan is too good a player to be not playing one of the most competitive leagues in the world.

Morgan has scored more than 5000 runs in 239 appearances in the T20 across the world at an impressive strike rate of 127.01 with 25 half-centuries. His presence in the middle-order of any team would’ve worked wonders for them. But he won’t be playing this year IPL unless any of the sold players get injured and the team approaches him.