IPL Auction 2018: 5 oldest foreigners on the auction list
For aging men with creaking bones and receding reflexes, playing Test cricket and 50-over games for sustained periods might be too tall a task to accomplish, but T20s present the opportunity to strut their stuff for a short period and earn fat paychecks.
The IPL is one of the tournaments that has helped retired, as well the 'set-to-retire' and 'yet-to-retirees' a chance to still enjoy the game and accumulate some vacation money.
As the auction is just around the corner, here's enlisting the old warhorses who are ready to vie for a spot with the zealous youngsters for a spot in the playing XI.
Note: Brendon McCullum, Mitchell Johnson, and Shane Watson are also 36, but lose out by a matter of months.
#5 Samuel Badree (36 years, 10 months)
Of the very few bright spots that adorned Royal Challengers Bangalore's dark and dismal IPL 2017 campaign was a brilliant hat-trick by Samuel Badree, the first of last year's edition.
More than turn, Badree relies on accuracy, throwing in his leggies with ample dollops of the wrong 'un. Part of the victorious West Indian World T20 squad in both 2012 and 2016, Badree played for Rajasthan Royals in 2013, before moving to Chennai Super Kings in 2014, eventually moving to Royal Challengers Bangalore two years later.
All-rounder Rayad Emrit, one of the 36 West Indians in the auctions, shares his birthdate with Badree. He made his international debut way back in 2007 against India and got to play just one more game after that, before being left in the wilderness. Now a T20 merchant, he would be hoping to gain a spot in one of the franchises with his base price at Rs. 50 Lakh.