-Vinay Kumar
There are only a few days left for the new year. And, BCCI has indicated that the mega auction may take place by the fourth week of January before the upcoming new season of IPL, IPL 2022. It is worth noting that 2 new teams have been added to this tournament, Ahmedabad team and Lucknow team. In such a situation, the chances of opening the fortunes of many new and well-known players have increased. However, there are some other players, including Kedar Jadhav, who was a teammate of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) in the IPL’s Yellow Army Chennai Super Kings, who are expected to remain unsold in this mega auction. .
There could be many reasons behind these players remaining unsold, such as their recent performance, their growing age and fitness, etc. Kedar Jadhav has played 93 matches in his IPL career so far, in which he has scored 1196 runs at an average of 22.14. His best score has been 69 runs. During this time Kedar Jadhav has remained unbeaten 26 times.
He has also done wicketkeeping in some matches in his IPL career. And in his keeping role, he took 16 catches and stumped 7 batsmen. It is worth noting that Kedar Jadhav will turn 37 on March 26 of 2022 next year. In such a situation, due to his growing age, the IPL franchise team may shy away from bidding on him.
Hanuma Vihari, who is counted among the reliable batsmen of the Indian Test team’s middle order, can also remain unsold in this mega auction. The history of IPL tells that Hanuma Bihari stepped into IPL in 2013. But, in the matches played since then, he got the opportunity to bat in only 23 innings.
In all the matches Hanuma Bihari played, so far in 12 matches he scored only 284 runs at a strike rate of 88.47 and an average of 14.20. During this his best score was 46 runs. He remained not out 3 times. In such a situation, Hanuma Vihari’s strike rate below 100 and an average of less than 20 can make it difficult to buy in the mega auction.
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South Africa-born New Zealand batsman Colin Munro can also go unsold in this mega auction. Remind you that Munro made his IPL debut in 2016. He was bought by KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) in that season. Colin Munro has also played only 12 matches since then.
In total 12 matches played so far, he has scored only 177 runs at an average of 14.75. However, his average strike rate was over 125. One of the reasons why Colin Munro did not sell in the upcoming new season of IPL could also be his age. Monroe will turn 35 on March 11 next year.
It is worth noting that Bangladesh’s dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has registered himself in the auction for 13 consecutive years to play in the IPL. But, during this time he was not bought by any franchise. Mushfiqur will turn 35 on June 9 next year. History tells that Mushfiqur Rahim has played a total of 445 innings in Test, ODI and T20 International cricket matches so far in his international career.
He has scored 12902 (4856 in Test cricket, 6581 in One Day International and 1465 in T20 International) in total 445 innings he has played so far. It is worth noting that Mushfiqur Rahim probably did not register himself for the IPL 2021 auction due to not being bought for 13 seasons. In such a situation, it is possible that this time also you will not register yourself. In such a situation, of course, they too will remain unsold.