IPL 2018: One expensive player from each eliminated team who did not get a single chance
With Chennai Super Kings beating the Kings XI Punjab in the last league stage game of IPL 2018, we now know the four teams that will feature in the playoffs. While Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns in Qualifier 1, Kolkata Knight Riders will host Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator.
Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab bowed out of the competition on the very last day of league stages and they will join the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils in the bottom four. Looking back, these four teams will spot few mistakes too many. Amongst the plethora of errors, they will find not giving opportunities to key players to be one.
Let us have a look at one expensive player from each team who was benched for the entire length of the season:
#4 Gurkeerat Singh Mann (Delhi Daredevils)
Having played 30 IPL games so far, Gurkeerat Singh Mann had the necessary experience to deliver for Delhi Daredevils. However, the team selection is something that has not been spot on for the team coached by Ricky Ponting and thus, the all-rounder did nothing this season, except for sitting on the bench and enjoying the game.
DD spent ₹ 75 lakhs to get his signature for no good reason. The former Kings XI Punjab player did not get many chances in the last edition of IPL either but had a good season in 2016.
Given the fact that their ship was already sinking towards the end of the tournament, the DD management could have tried this hard-hitting option.