The IPL 2024 auction has seen various players from England, New Zealand, Australia, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, etc. having set a base price of INR 1.5 Crore. Here, in this article we will have a look at five of those who can surely be picked by franchises in the IPL 2024 auctions.
1. Phil Salt
Phil Salt replaced Prithvi Shaw in Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023 where he managed to score 218 runs from 9 innings with two fifties to his name. He was also the fourth highest run-scorer in the recently concluded The Hundred Men’s competition 2023, where he scored 232 runs from 10 innings at a strike rate of 194.95.
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2. Wanindu Hasaranga
Wanindu Hasaranga has been a phenomenal bowler for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022 as he took 26 wickets, which was second highest in that season, only behind purple cap holder Yuzvendra Chahal.
In IPL 2023, he was bought for a huge price of INR 10.75 Crore by RCB but didn’t get enough opportunities to play for the franchise and unfortunate injuries have kept him out of big tournaments like Asia Cup and 2023 World Cup lately.
Additionally, Hasaranga also played a key role to help Sri Lanka qualify for the ICC Men’s 2023 World Cup tournament.
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3. Tim Southee
Tim Southee played a key role for KKR in IPL 2022 by picking 14 wickets from 9 games in the tournament and post that he wasn’t very active in this T20 league. Southee might be considered to get picked by few franchises considering his experience in international circuit as he also captained New Zealand in T20Is.
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4. Dawid Malan
Dawid Malan, who still holds the record of being the joint-fastest to reach 1000 runs in T20Is, has got an opportunity to play only one IPL game for PBKS in 2021.
Malan having scored 8667 runs from 309 innings in T20 cricket has the ability to play as middle order or even as an opener in this format. Hence, there is a chance that teams like SRH, KKR buy him in the auctions.
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5. Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi was a core member of SRH squad from IPL 2017 to 2021, but he didn’t get to play many games due to their overseas player combination as their mystery spinner, Rashid Khan was a constant in playing XI.
Nabi can get a good bid from few IPL franchises during the 2024 auction.
