IPL: Famous English cricketers who have never featured in the tournament

Over the years, quite a few English stars have lit up the Indian Premier League with their brilliant display of cricket. Players like Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Chris Jordan and of course Ben Stokes have added the much-needed English flavour to the IPL in the last decade.

Unfortunately, many top-class English players have not featured in the cash-rich league citing various reasons. Let us now look at some of the famous English players who have not featured in the world's most competitive league:

Joe Root

The current English Test skipper went unsold in this year's auctions despite having a base price of just INR 1.5 crore. Root, who has never played in the IPL, has done well in Indian conditions in T20 internationals. He scored 249 runs in six innings at a strike-rate of 146.57 during England's run to the finals of the 2016 ICC T20 World cup in India in 2016. In 25 T20 international matches for England, Root has scored 743 runs at a strike-rate of 128.77 with his highest score being 90.

Considered one among the current generation fab-four, Root is a world-class batsman who can score runs on any kind of surface.

Blessed with a solid technique, Root can lend stability to the middle order. Considering his experience, he could have batted at any position and kept the scoreboard ticking had he played in the IPL.