10 players who have not won the IPL before
The stage is set for yet another remarkable season of T20 cricket with the start of the 2016 VIVO Indian Premier League. In the 8-year history of the world's most popular domestic T20 tournament, we have seen 5 champion teams with 3 among them winning the title twice, namely the Chennai Super Kings, the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.
While a number of big names have been part of a triumphant IPL team, there have been some superstars who were never associated with IPL-winning teams. The 2016 edition of the IPL will also feature cricketers who have been playing in the tournament for a long time, but have never grabbed the prestigious 'winners' medal.
Here is an IPL XI of players who have not won the tournament before:
Chris Gayle
He may be among the most prolific batsmen in IPL history, but Chris Gayle has never won the champions crown in an 8-year career. Gayle started off with the Kolkata Knight Riders and switched to the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the year 2011.
Since then, the southpaw has been one of the most consistent batsmen in the tournament and won the Orange Cap for highest run-scorer twice in successive years -2011 and 2012. Unfortunately for him, though, RCB have fallen short in some aspect or the other and have failed to win the title.
Chris Gayle will be hoping his drought finally ends in the 2016 season with the Challengers clinching their maiden IPL title.