IPL 2018 Auction: 5 players who were lucky to go for a higher price than expected
The IPL auctions brought a slew of excitement. As players went under the hammer, some turned out dejected, others jubilant. It is this fickle nature of the IPL that makes it so interesting for the millions of its fans across the globe.
After the dust around the auctions settled, there would have been a few players who would be sitting in a corner and having the laugh of their lives. A few days prior to the bidding, they would have had their fingers crossed. Some of them expecting to be picked up for a particular price, others expecting just to be picked up anyhow.
I present to you 5 such players who can consider themselves lucky for being picked up at their current prices.
#5 Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard has not been in the best of form of late. In fact, he has had a horrible run in the last season of the Caribbean Premier League. Pollard has also been struggling with his fitness.
To add to all of this, the Trinidadian is no more the all-rounder he once used to be. Pollard just bowled two overs in 2017's IPL, gave away 30 runs and did not pick up a wicket.
The thing that goes in his favour is that he gels very well with the boys at Mumbai Indians, especially Hardik Pandya. It was a bit of a family thing when MI used their RTM card against Delhi Daredevils to pick the explosive batsman for 5.4 crores.