5 big international stars who have been signed as non-auctioned IPL players

Hashim Amla

His numbers are as follows: 31.35 average and 125.95 strike-rate with 2446 runs under his name in T20s. If that alone doesn’t suffice as a testament to his ability, I don’t know what else will.

Given the impressive number of opening batsmen in the IPL that were already featuring, it was only natural to see Amla getting overlooked in the auctions. However, an overwhelming amount of injuries in this edition’s IPL has given one of the greatest batsmen of our era a chance to feature in the most star-studded tournament of this time.

He was named in the starting XI of Punjab’s team in 2016--whose batting has been a travesty, to say the least. He is certainly going to have as much impact—if not more—as Shaun Marsh, the injured player he replaced, did.