Kochi Tuskers Kerala's first-ever playing XI in the IPL. Where are they now?

4. Brad Hodge

Occupying the third of the four overseas players’ place in Kochi’s first-ever match was the Aussie top-order batsman Brad Hodge. A hard hitter of the ball and a handy spinner, Hodge, in his playing days, was a valuable addition to any team. A marquee player of the Australian domestic cricket, he swung the ball for fun hitting huge sixes. While he did not have the best of his career in the Australian yellow, his time at the IPL was pretty commendable.

In the first match vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, he came to the crease in the 12th over with the fall of Brendon McCullum’s wicket. Striking at 128.57, Hodge’s contribution of 27 runs ended with him charging forward, yorking himself to the left-hander Zaheer Khan. However, his innings consisting of 3 fours placed KTK at 147/4 at the end of the 18th over.

The Australian all-rounder later went on to play for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL before taking on the role of a coach. He was the head coach of Kings XI Punjab in the eleventh season. Hodge had last year revealed that the KTK players still owed 35% money from IPL 2011.