5 players who won the IPL in consecutive years with two different teams

Indian Premier League is known for its continuous shuffling of players. Teams are allowed to release players before the start of a new season. The released players are up for grabs in the next season's auction as they look to prove their former franchises wrong.

Despite winning the tournament, franchises sometimes decide to make changes to their roster, releasing the "so-called" weak links. But there have been a few instances in the IPL history when these players managed to win the trophy with their new teams as well.

Let us take a look at five such players who won the IPL in consecutive years with two different teams:

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#5 Abhimanyu Mithun (MI-2015 & SRH-2016)

Two titles, Zero games!

Abhimanyu Mithun last played in an IPL game on 12th May 2013 for RCB against KKR. Since then, he has won two titles in consecutive years – with two different teams - without playing a single game!

After Mithun's last appearance, he was bought by Mumbai Indians in 2015. He went on to win the title without even breaking a sweat!

The Mumbai franchise decided to release the player before next year’s auction where he joined Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2016 season.

We are not sure if Mithun was simply lucky or a good-luck charm for the team, but he won his 2nd IPL title in succession, again, without playing a single game!

#4 Aditya Tare (MI-2015 & SRH-2016)

Feeling nostalgic MI fans?

Another player with same teams, same swap and the same result.

Aditya Tare has won two titles with MI in 2013 and 2015. The Mumbaikar is also famous for his six against Rajasthan Royals which miraculously took Mumbai Indians to the playoffs in 2014.

But Tare found it hard to break into Mumbai's mighty batting line-up in 2015. He played in just two games in the tournament and scored only 14 runs. But the batsman still managed to take home the winners medal.

Tare was released by Mumbai Indians before the start of the 2016 season. And just like Mithun, he too was bought by SRH. Tare failed to win the management's trust in Hyderabad as well. He played in two games in 2016 and scored a mere 8 runs.

But it did not matter in the end, as SRH defeated RCB to win their first ever IPL title.

#3 Suryakumar Yadav (MI-2013 & KKR-2014)

Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav rose to the stardom with his unique batting style and high-flying fielding at KKR. But the flamboyant batsman was a part of Mumbai’s title-winning side in 2013. Despite the winners’ medal, Yadav failed to gain the management’s trust and ended up spending the entire 2013 season on the bench.

The Mumbaikar was snatched by Kolkata in 2014 and earned Gambhir's trust in no time. Yadav played in all 16 games for KKR, scoring 164 runs at the strike rate of 140. He proved to be most effective in the death overs, where his cameo would do the job for KKR.

With KKR’s extraordinary run-chase in the final against KXIP, Yadav won the 2nd consecutive title.

#2 Vinay Kumar (KKR-2014 & MI-2015)

4 teams, 3 titles!

Vinay Kumar has become a household name. He has won the IPL and impressive three times in his career.

Kumar was part of KKR’s bowling attack in the 2014 season. Despite the presence of Morne Morkel, Jacques Kallis, and Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar not only played in 9 games but also picked up 7 wickets.

The medium pacer won his first ever IPL title when KKR beat KXIP in the finals of 2014.

Mumbai Indians acquired Vinay Kumar from KKR during the trading window, before the start of the 2015 season. He had to fight for his place yet again with the names like Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan ahead of him. He still managed to play in 13 games during the season, picking up 7 wickets.

Kumar was part of both Q1 and the final against CSK. He picked up two wickets in the first qualifier and the big wicket of Faf du Plessis in the final. It was Kumar’s second consecutive title!

#1 Karn Sharma (SRH-2016 & MI-2017)

How about 4-0-18-0 in the final!

Out of all the players in the list, releasing Karn Sharma must have hurt his former franchise the most.

The leggie was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016. While the Orange Army won their first ever title, Karn failed to impress in the tournament. He played in 5 games during the season without picking up a single wicket.

Karn was released by SRH before the start of the 2017 season. But it turned out to be a big mistake by the management.

The Mumbai side spent 3.2 crores for the spinner who failed to pick up a single wicket in his previous season. But Karn soon proved his worth with some great performances in the competition as he picked up 13 wickets in just 9 games.

But his most important contributions came in the last two games of IPL 2017. Karn ran through Kolkata’s batting line-up in the second qualifier and ended up with 4-16 in 4 overs.

In the final against RPS, Mumbai had to defend 129 runs. Karn Sharma performed exceptionally well during the middle overs, giving away just 18 runs in the 4 overs. As Mumbai won the match on the last ball of the 20th over, Karn won his second consecutive title.