Top 4 Indian players who will go unsold at the auction

The IPL auction is an important event for both the franchise owners as well as for the cricket fans. The teams go into the auction to complete the pieces remaining in the puzzle and hence build up a formidable team capable of challenging others for the prestigious trophy.

Usually, Indian players are in high demand at the auction due to the limation for the teams to play just four foreign players in their starting XI. Despite this, some Indian players tend to go unsold at the auction due to reasons such as poor form and not being able to adapt themselves to the T20 format. Hence, we have seen in the past few auctions that competent Test players often remain unsold at the auction.

Let us have a look at the top 4 Indian players who will remain unsold at the auction.

#4 Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma, over the years, has undoubtedly lost his charm in the limited overs format and particularly in the IPL. Having been picked by the Kings XI Punjab for the 2017 season, he was subsequently released after a dismal season and hence remained unsold in last year's auction.

Due to his transformation as a Test specialist in the previous few years, Sharma has adapted to bowling the specific line and length required in that format of the game.

The deliveries considered to be effective in Test matches are unfortunately smashed out of the park in T20s. Also, he sometimes tends to overstep and hence give a free hit to the batsman on the next delivery. Sharma's IPL record since 2008 is quite lacklustre. In 76 matches, he has picked up 59 wickets at an average of 37.81 and economy rate of 8.17.

Hence, due to the above stats and his style of bowling, it is less likely that any IPL franchise will pick Ishant Sharma at the auction.