10 national captains who failed to perform in the IPL

Modified Dec 18, 2018 16:39 IST

5. George Bailey

The former Australian captain started his IPL career in 2009 when he played for the Chennai Super Kings. Though he only played three games and scored 45 runs, he was retained for another season. In his second season with the franchise, he scored just 18 runs from one game. This was his last match for CSK despite being retained for two more seasons.

A big breakthrough came in 2014 and 2015 when he played for Kings XI Punjab. He was set to take charge of KXIP and did well as a middle-order batsman scoring 257 runs in 17 matches. This is where he exhibited his leadership abilities that helped take KXIP to their first IPL finals.

He returned for another season with KXIP and though his team performed poorly, Bailey’s performance with the bat wasn’t too shabby. Bailey piled on 259 runs and scored two half-centuries in the process.

In 2016, he moved to Rising Pune Supergiants. Again, his form deteriorated and he struggled to score runs. He was averaging at just 21 which was well below-par. Bailey failed to perform consistently with the bat which ultimately affected his team’s performance.

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