IPL 2016: 5 marquee players who haven't lived up to expectations
IPL 2016 has been interesting for a wide variety of reasons. The addition of two new franchises, in Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants, the chance to see Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni play for a different franchise and the arrival of a couple of new world-class arrivals.
The tournament has also seen its fair share of hits and misses. While some players, like Sunrisers Hyderabad's Mustafizur Rahman have taken to the tournament like a duck to water, there have been other marquee players who haven't lived up to expectations.
So let us take a look at who they are. Here are 5 marquee players who haven't lived up to expectations:
Jos Buttler
After being signed for big money, Jos Buttler got the picture perfect start to his IPL career as he scored 41, which has turned out to be his highest score in the tournament so far. Unfortunately for Mumbai Indians, he hasn't been able to kick on from that impressive and instead stagnated and been unable to cross 30 even once since then in his 11 IPL matches.
When he was signed by the Mumbai Indians, there was plenty of expectation surrounding him thanks to his exploits in the past 12 months when he broke the record for the fastest ODI century by an Englishman twice. And that was only heightened after his exploits at the World T20 where he was England's second-best batsman behind Joe Root and displayed his complete array of shots.
Yet, what has been disappointing about his current performance in the IPL has been his inability to convert his starts in good scores. Playing at No.4 and No.5, a crucial position in T20s, he has been unable to capitalise on starts and has instead stagnated instead of kicking on. Although he has finished a couple of games for MI, he hasn't done what was expected of him, especially at No.4.