5 Australian stars who failed to shine in the IPL

#2 Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke will go down in history as one of sharpest cricketing minds ever produced by Australia.

Great batting prowess, leadership skills par excellence and a tactical mind made Clarke Australian cricket's blue-eyed boy but he failed to deliver when it came to IPL.

In 2012, Clarke signed with Pune Warriors in a bid to bolster the now-defunct franchise in all departments of the game, but, in 6 matches, he scored just 100 runs at an average of 16.66.

The former Australian skipper was due to link up with the same team in 2013, but, he withdrew when his back condition forced him to miss the fourth Test against India in Delhi.

Mindful of the arduous international commitments, Clarke did not feature in any of the following IPL seasons eventually bringing down the curtains on his stellar 11-year-long international career on 8 August 2015.