5 big international stars who have been signed as non-auctioned IPL players

In a way, the IPL auctions are more entertaining than the tournament itself. When the auctioneer auctions a player, the sheer thrill among the fans to know where the said player will end up, becomes blatantly apparent when one scours the social media.

Also, the tug-of-war between franchises feels like a game itself as some of the best bidding wars in the history of mankind took place in the IPL auction room. However, not all the big names find clubs in that room as some really high-profile players were left unsold in every IPL auction.

Some of these unsold players played in IPL after being internally drafted by team as a replacement for their injured players. And some of these internal signings gave fans hope because of their brilliant track record in the game.

And here are 5 such brilliant non-auctioned foreign players that were signed after the tournament began…

[Note: the names in this article is based on their ability and not how they actually did in the IPL.]

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Chris Jordan

One of the newest addition in the IPL, Chris Jordan was drafted in by Royal Challengers Bangalore as a replacement for the injured Mitchell Starc in 2016. RCB took a huge risk when they opted to stick with Mitchell Starc and monitor how his injury heals instead of acquiring a replacement.

In the end, after playing more than half of the tournament, they came to their senses and finally signed the replacement that they should have, a long time ago.

It might be a little too late for Virat Kohli’s men, but it doesn’t erase the fact that Chris Jordan is one of the craftiest pacers in the game. His ability to bowl accurate yorkers gives his team a great bowler to have in the death overs—something we witnessed in the World T20 a couple of months ago.

He might have had a bad debut with his new club, but RCB could yet restore some pride with him on board.