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As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction draws nearer, the perennial discussion among the cricketing fraternity about the Pakistan players, who could have pulled major money deals in, is back again. It is a well-known fact that Pakistan players are not allowed to put their names in the IPL auction because of the strained political relationship between India and Pakistan.
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Notably, the cricketers from Pakistan have taken part in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008, wherein the likes of Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal lifted the trophy for Rajasthan Royals. Some of the other top players from Pakistan who made an appearance in the tournament were Shahid Afridi, Mishbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, and Umar Gul.
In this feature article, SportsTiger looks at five Pakistan players who should have been a part of the IPL 2024 auction.
Naseem Shah
One of the young rising sensations in cricket, Naseem Shah, the right-arm fast bowler from Pakistan, boasts the unique ability to move the ball both ways at a high pace in different stages. Although in his short T20 career, the 20-year-old has picked up just 58 wickets in 54 innings at an economy of 7.79, he is rapidly improving his performances in the shortest format of the game, which would have made him one of the top buys in the IPL 2024 auction.