After the 2023 World Cup fever, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction is set to grab the limelight in December 2023. Before the business event to be held in Dubai, all franchises have submitted their release lists which feature some of the flop names of the 2023 edition of the league.
In the upcoming auction, some non-performing players might get buyers as they elevated their performance in other tournaments held after the cash-rich league’s 2023 instalment. However, a few players might not get picked up at the massive event, due to their consistent failures in the year 2023.
Here are five released players who might not get buyers in the upcoming auction:
5. Sisanda Magala
After Kyle Jamieson’s back injury, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) signed up South Africa pacer Sisanda Magala for the 2023 IPL. The Protea bowler had a perfect chance to deliver solid numbers to the Yellow Army and reserve his place in the champion side but missed it due to his ordinary bowling performances.
Playing two games in the tournament, he got only one wicket at a dismal economy of 8.50. CSK released Magala before the 2024 auction and now, he will go under the hammer on December 19. The 32-year-old has played only three games after the 2023 IPL and in those three games, he didn’t do wonders with the ball.
In the CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, he could scalp only three wickets for Lions in two contests, at an expensive economy of 6.53. Noting his poor bowling numbers, no franchise might show interest in signing him up in the upcoming auction in Dubai.
4. Manish Pandey
Considering Manish Pandey’s vast experience in the league, Delhi Capitals (DC) fetched him for the 2023 season in the previous auction, but he looked completely out of rhythm. Donning Delhi’s jersey, he racked up only 160 runs in 10 matches at a horrendous strike rate of 109.59.
With these numbers, Pandey was likely to be axed from the DC squad before the auction and that happened as his name didn’t feature in Delhi’s retention list. Recently, the 34-year-old struggled to be among the runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2023-24, as well. Playing four games for Karnataka, he could pile up only 39 runs in three innings, at a terrible strike rate of 88.63.
His consistent failure with the bat might go against him in the 2024 IPL auction as no franchise might get convinced to invest their valuable money in him. In the cash-rich T20 extravaganza, his last effective performance came in 2020, for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), when he scored 425 runs in 16 games.
3. Kedar Jadhav
After getting unsold in the 2023 IPL auction, Kedar Jadhav was signed up by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the second half of the 2023 IPL. He got two games from the RCB team management but failed to be impactful with his bat in both contests, scoring a total of only 12 runs.
Challengers have parted ways with Jadhav and now, his name is expected to feature in the upcoming auction again. However, there is a high chance that buyers might not raise their paddles at the announcement of his name as his overall IPL record isn’t credible.
Playing 95 games of the league, he has scored only 1208 runs at a disappointing strike rate of 123.14. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023-24, Jadhav could’ve showcased his batting mettle for Maharashtra but he scored only 96 runs in six matches at an average of 24.00.
2. Obed McCoy
Obed McCoy became a part of Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2022 and playing his maiden IPL season, he looked decent with the ball, picking up 11 wickets in seven matches at an economy of 9.17. In 2023, he got only one match from the team management but didn’t get a chance to do much in that match.
Against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Jaipur, he bowled one over and gave away 13 runs. In the crucial final over of the game, he also dropped Abdul Samad which later killed RR’s chances to qualify for the playoffs. The West Indies player will register himself for the 2024 auction as Rajasthan Royals released him from their 2024 squad.
The 26-year-old might be handed disappointment after the upcoming auction as his bowling numbers have been horrendous in recently-played tournaments such as the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Abu Dhabi T10 League.
1. Chris Jordan
After Jofra Archer’s injury, Chris Jordan was signed up by the Mumbai Indians (MI), as a replacement for the second half of the tournament. He played six matches in the competition and got only three wickets at a sub-par economy of 10.77. His underwhelming performance became the reason for his exclusion from MI’s 2024 squad.
The England speedster has played seven IPL seasons, thus far, but he hasn’t looked decent with the ball. Appearing in 34 games, he has scalped only 30 wickets at a poor economy of 9.61. In the last auction, no franchise had shown interest in him. Considering his mediocre performance in the league, all franchises might ignore his name again in the upcoming business event.
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