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Last updated on: February 06, 2016 16:50 IST

The Indian Premier League is more about emotions and whims than form and performance.
Players who are consistent and highly-rated don't find buyers while nondescript entities
fetch solid rates.
Here are some top draws who went unsold in Saturday's auction ahead of the ninth edition of
the Twenty20 league.
Martin Guptill

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And the highest score in the World Cup to boot!
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ne of the players in form, Usman Khawaja is among the runs in all the formats of late.
In the Big Bash League he averaged a whopping 178.

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It's shocking no one picked him up so far.

Riley Roussow

IMAGE: South Africa's Riley Roussow. Photograph: Getty Images

e's an attacking batsman, who has been among the runs recently, but has been in and out
of the South African side.
That his base price was Rs 1 crore was a surprise.
That no one picked him up is not.

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George Bailey

IMAGE: Australia's George Bailey. Photograph: Getty Images

eorge Bailey was among the runs during the recent series against India.
Moreover, he captained Kings XI Punjab admirably in the last couple of seasons.
Yet, this was not enough to convince the franchise that his base price (Rs 1 crore) was worth it.
* Australian T20 captain Aaron Finch was also unsold after the initial round.
However, it the accelerated bids later, he was the first marquee player up for
sale. Gujarat Lions snapped him up for his base price (Rs 1 crore)
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Pujara ?
by mayur makwana (View MyPage) on Feb 07, 2016 11:29 PM
So called second wall after Rahul Dravid, No place in one day, no place on T 20, what about IPL ? any news ?
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Unsold
by Sensor Technologies (View MyPage) on Feb 07, 2016 11:51 AM
They remain unsold not because of their capabilities but because of the restriction on the number of foreign players
in playing 11. These foreign player would not be fitting into the teams that have more number of players.
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This Guys are unslod

by Guru RamRahimDsuza (View MyPage) on Feb 06, 2016 04:02 PM | Hide replies
As they can not play spin. Mr.Journalist please watch more cricket matches before you write reports
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Re: This Guys are unslod
by ALOK BHATTACHARYA (View MyPage) on Feb 07, 2016 07:59 PM
This is the real answer. Take example of Jorge Baily. He played earlier version of IPL, very
popular but his scoring rate was below par if you compare with recent games against India in
Australia. If you play in India, one must know how quickly you make runs on turning wickets. Negi
is overpriced and lucky to be rated so highly. Perhaps whims of franchise. Yuvraj singh is a player
to watch. If he clicks, he stays in cricket circle otherwise his career will finish as cricketer.
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Inexperienced Journalists
by Samuel David Mandal (View MyPage) on Feb 06, 2016 01:42 PM | Hide replies
This is actually a classy case of inexperience in field of business and cricket. The writer is completely wrong. The
only reason why foreign players are unsold and lot of money is spent on Indian uncapped players is their is rule of
playing max 4 foreign players in the playing XI. So obviously one has to spend more on indian uncapped players
rather than on high profile foreign players
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Re: Inexperienced Journalists
by Guru RamRahimDsuza (View MyPage) on Feb 06, 2016 04:03 PM
Add to that this guys can not play spin and may not be available for the whole season.
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