IPL: 3 international wicket-keepers who couldn’t make it big 

#1 Mark Boucher

Mark Boucher needs no introduction; he is regarded as the best wicket-keeper South Africa has ever produced. He holds the record for most dismissals in all formats of the game with 999 dismissals. He also holds the record for most number of catches in all the formats of the game with 952 catches. However, he couldn’t make it big in IPL despite having a huge reputation and being considered as one of the greats.

The right-handed wicket-keeper batsman was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Inaugural edition of IPL. Coming lower down the order he scored 225 runs in 10 games with a decent average of 32.14 and a strike-rate of 127.12 with a 50 to his name. Royal Challengers finished 7th in this season.

Boucher didn’t do much with the bat in the 2nd season of Indian Premier League that was played in South Africa. He scored 150 runs in 12 games but was very effective behind the stumps. Royal Challengers finished runners-up in this second season.

In the 3rd season, Boucher could only play 5 games and he was replaced by Robin Uthappa as wicket-keeper for the majority of the games. Uthappa had a prolific 3rd season, which sidelined Mark Boucher. He was also released by Royal Challengers franchise post this season.

He was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 4th season of IPL. He played 4 games in the entire season and couldn’t contribute much with the bat. He was replaced by a young local wicket-keeper Shrivats Goswami for the majority of the games.

Mark Boucher continued his stint as a wicket-keeping consultant for a brief period, before bidding adieu forever from IPL.