IPL: 3 Famous players who went unsold at the auction

In the 2021 IPL auction, we all saw many unexpected picks and some exciting players getting left out. The franchises were looking to build a title-winning team and had spent more than 145 crores on the 18th of February. Lucky are those who were able to make it to some team's squad, whereas the unfortunate ones are the players who performed well but did not make the cut.

Now, let us take a look at three famous players who went unsold at the 2021 IPL auction:

1. Alex Hales

Here, Alex Hales comes first on the list. No one expected him to go unsold after his magnificent batting throughout the Big Bash League this year. He had topped in the run charts making 543 runs with a solid strike rate of 161.60. Hales is also quite experienced in the shortest format, playing around 60 matches for England and scoring 1600 plus runs. We will have to wait and see if the IPL teams regret not picking an aggressive opener like him, that too for only his base price of 1.5 crores.

2. Jason Roy

Jason Roy is one of the cleanest strikers of the limited-overs game. It surprised many to see him go unsold in the 2021 IPL auction. He is someone who can give his team a quick-fire start and take them to big totals. Jason Roy has a strike rate of 144 in T20I's for England and has scored a total of 890 runs in his 38 matches. He has played eight IPL matches with a strike rate of nearly 135 and his top score being 91 not out. Roy is quite a destructive player and any team would have benefitted to have him at the top of the order.

3. Glenn Phillips

This 24-year-old has been playing some good cricket for his country and recently he became the fastest player to score a century by a New Zealand cricketer in the shortest format. Despite being a wicket-keeper batsman, who is in good form and having a low price tag of just 50 lakhs at the auction, no teams were ready to bid for him. Glenn Phillips will be hoping to make a lot more impact for New Zealand and also to attract the attention of the IPL teams ahead of next year's mega auction.