Just like every previous edition, the IPL 2024 auction had its share of surprises: some cricketers were unexpectedly picked, while some top performers missed out.
Not picked at IPL 2024 auction
Finn Allen (base price: INR 75 lakh)
As of the 1,000 run cut-off, no batsman in the history of Twenty20 cricket has had a strike rate higher than Allen’s 168 and kept wickets. However, no bidder was found for the 2024 edition and he remains in the IPL without any restrictions.
Phil Salt (base price: INR 1.5 crore)
Like Allen, Salt leads the league in both wickets and batting, with 156 strikeouts in his Twenty20 career. This number rises to 158 for him in international matches. Even recent successes could not secure his place. Three days ago, he hit an attacking 109 to help England pull off their greatest-ever comeback against the West Indies.
Adil Rashid (Base price: Rs. 200,000)
There was no replacement for England’s 2022 T20 World Cup heroics, who Sunrisers Hyderabad missed after two games in 2023. Since the start of 2021, Rashid has averaged 23.60 and seven overs in all Twenty20 matches, but as is often the case, overseas quotas are dominated by batsmen and fast bowlers.
Akeal Hosein (base price: INR 50 lakh)
Another casualty of teams’ lack of interest in foreign spinners, which is perhaps a justifiable trend given India’s wealth of tune-up players, is a man with an excellent career economy rate of 6.78. Hossain is a left-arm spinner who is West Indies’ first choice. I think I’ll go crazy for a while.
Keshav Maharaj (base price: INR 50 lakh)
Given trends, Maharaj is unlikely to be sold despite only allowing 6.83 goals in his career. However, after the World Cup (15 wickets at 24.67, economy 4.15), there was hope on the horizon as the tournament’s best player was awarded at auction. That didn’t happen.
Hrithik Shokeen (base price: INR 20 lakh)
In 2022, Mumbai Indians scouted and selected Delhi off-spinner Shokeen and awarded him a Twenty20 cap. He was released ahead of the 2024 auction, but given his low base price, there was always a chance he could be picked up by an Indian spinner with IPL experience. That didn’t happen.
Picked at IPL 2024 auction
Shai Hope (Delhi Capitals, INR 75 lakh)
Delhi didn’t need to spend much on Hope, but his strike rate across all formats (45 in First Grade, 78 in List A and 126 in Twenty20) reflects his overall incompetence. , there was little point in acquiring a player who was showing acceleration. . His wicket-keeping ability doesn’t have much value as Delhi already have only a handful of battalions.
Ashton Turner (Lucknow Super Giants, INR 1 crore)
Turner may boast a strike rate of 141 in this format, but he hasn’t done anything of note for some time and hasn’t featured in any domestic matches for some time.
KS Bharat (Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 50 lakh)
Kolkata were probably focusing on Rahmanullah Gurbaz as a starter, but they needed another wicketkeeper, an Indian wicketkeeper, not only in case of emergencies but also to accommodate other foreign players. Ta. While that’s true, choosing the 30-year-old, who has a career scoring average of 112 points, was confusing. This comes as 20 Indian wicketkeepers, including Gujarat’s Urbir Patel, who scored 155, went unsold at a price of Rs 20 million.
Tom Curran (Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 1.5 crore)
Why is Curran, a bowler with an average of 8.80 over, who hasn’t played for England since the summer of 2021, at this price? Perhaps because of his 3 minutes 19 seconds against Hobart Hurricanes a week ago? , may have changed the equilibrium.
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