5 greatest retired overseas IPL players

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When the Indian Premier League started back in 2008, people around were not entirely convinced with neither the sanctity of the idea nor with the future of the league.

However, despite all these doubts, there were players who walked in and were willing to be part of the sojourn right from the inception.

Several established international stars, who had never experienced the T20 format, took the plunge and after jittery starts, they quickly started stamping their authority all over this new product, much like they did in Tests and One Day Internationals.

Now, let us take a look at five retired International players who were brilliant in the IPL over the years.

#5 Jacques Kallis

Arguably the greatest all-rounders to have ever played the game, South African Jacques Kallis took his time to get going in the IPL, but such was his pedigree that he quickly established himself as one of the gun players for the different franchises he played for.

He started his IPL career with the Royal Challengers Bangalore and then moved across to the Kolkata Knight Riders and with his all-around abilities, he was one of the first names to be inked on the team sheet.

In 98 matches with the bat, Kallis scored 2427 runs at an average of 28.55 and with a strike rate of 109.

With the ball, he picked up 65 wickets at an economy rate of 7.89 and with an average of 35.27.

He also won the IPL title twice with the Kolkata Knight Riders.

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