IPL 2024: Today we will tell you about five such players who can be seen playing in the upcoming season as replacement for any player.
The Indian Premier League 2024 auction took place on 19 December 2023 in Dubai. Many great players were bid in this auction. All 10 franchises included many strong players in their team.
IPL 2024: However, there were some players on whom no franchise bid and they went unsold. But if any player of any team gets injured then these unsold players can be seen playing in his place in the upcoming season. Today we will tell you about five such players who can be seen playing in the upcoming season as replacements for any player.
1- IPL 2024: Josh Inglis
Josh Inglis had kept his best price for the upcoming edition of IPL at Rs 2 crore. However, no franchise bid on him. Let us tell you, before the auction night, Josh Inglis had batted brilliantly in the T20 match against India in Visakhapatnam and scored a century.
However, despite this, no team bid on him. Josh English is considered an aggressive cricketer and he has batted explosively in many matches and played an important role in his team’s victory. If a player of any team gets injured in the IPL, then Josh Inglis can be included in the team in his place.
2- IPL 2024: Fill Salt
Phil Salt is a very good opener who has given a strong start to his team by batting brilliantly in the T20 format against England. Phil Salt’s record in T20 has been very good. He has scored 639 runs for England in 21 matches at a strike rate above 165.
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Phil Salt is in very good form at the moment and any franchise can bet on him. Whichever team’s wicketkeeper batsman gets injured, Phil Salt can be seen playing in his place in the upcoming edition.
3- IPL 2024: Adil Rashid
Adil Rashid is counted among the best spinners in the world. He can prove to be quite lethal in Indian pitches. Adil Rashid has bowled very well for England in many important matches.
Adil Rashid was included in their team by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last edition. He got to play two matches in which he took two wickets. The franchise released him before the upcoming edition. No one bid on Adil Rashid in the auction. However, seeing the experience that Adil Rashid has, it can be said that any franchise will include him in their team as a replacement.
4- IPL 2024: Steven Smith
Australia’s experienced batsman Steven Smith has also played a lot of cricket in the IPL. He is a very good batsman and can play an important role for his team with batting. Steven Smith has scored 2845 runs in 103 IPL matches.
In 2021, Delhi Capitals included Steven Smith in their team. But Australian players had failed to leave their mark. He had scored only 152 runs in 8 matches. Steven Smith went unsold in the 2022 season and made himself unavailable for this tournament in the 2023 season.
Even in 2024, Steven Smith has gone unsold but looking at his experience, it can be said that any franchise will include him in their team as a replacement.
5- IPL 2024: Josh Hazlewood
Josh Hazlewood’s performance in international cricket has always been very good. He is a very good bowler. Josh Hazlewood could not make his place in RCB’s retention list in the last edition.
Newly appointed RCB coach Andy Flower had said that Josh Hazlewood will be unavailable for the first half of the tournament. This is the reason why no team took risk on him and he went unsold.
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Josh Hazlewood has played 27 matches in IPL and has taken 35 wickets. If a team’s foreign fast bowler gets injured, then the franchise can definitely include Josh Hazlewood in its team.
