Top 5 players who are benched in IPL 2014

For many a reasons getting an IPL contract is more precious than anything else for cricketers these days. For a budding young cricketer, it gifts a chance to learn the tricks of the trade from the superstars he admired from close quarters and being a part of planning and strategising.It gives you that elusive opportunity which can prove to be make or break, depending on what you make out of it.Even to the aged/retired cricketers, it gives the satisfaction and pleasure of still playing competitive cricket and it helps them ease their way out of crickets fame and popularity. It also helps cricketers from smaller countries where cricket isnt too popular, whose players and its board have openly quoted many a times that playing in the IPL helps their financial stability.And if we look at the ones who missed out of a contract, it questions their capability and may hurt their confidence significantly, particularly if you are a regular in any side you play for at the domestic level. It has to be noted that players take social media as the platform to express their emotions when they go unsold under the hammer, as was in the case of Murali Kartik who took to twitter about how he felt dejected when he was neglected after the first day of auction:This world is a very very selfish place, have lost faith in people.However Subramaniyam Badrinath, the strong piller of Super Kings whenever a wicket or two fell early, was positive in taking the setback: Disappointed to be unsold..... but some lessons learnt and some oppourtunity to open a few new doors along the way.Glenn Maxwell enjoyed his luxurious Indian tour he could afford last season, spending his valuable million-doller time on the bench playing in just a meagre 3 matches. How a player should feel at that time? Be happy, as you are getting paid for a job without actually doing it? Or tell yourself that your game is not good enough?We look at the top 5 players who managed to impress the people at the auction table and for logical or illogical reasons, remain unpicked so far in this IPL 2014.

#5 Marchant de Lange

The 23-year-old bowler was mainly picked as a replacement for Lasith Malinga when he leaves for international duties, but was still kept on the bench for Krishmar Santokie. The Mumbai Indians might ask themselves why they picked three bowlers to replace one, as Josh Hazlewood is also vying for the same spot. The South African who much like Cummins can extract bounce and pace from the surface and made an excellent Test debut against the touring Sri Lankans with a 7-wicket haul.

He was pocketed for just Rs. 30 Lakhs.