6 things that could happen if IPL had a transfer window like European Football clubs

#5 Yusuf Pathan, the free agent

Kolkata Knight Riders signed Yusuf Pathan in 2011

What is a free agent? If a player's contract with his team ends and he doesn't sign an extension, he will become a free agent. It means the player is free of cost and team that wants to sign him need not pay any money to his previous club as a transfer fee.

In football, you will see a lot of free signings, that of free agents obviously, being made during a transfer window. Similarly, in cricket, you will get a lot of players who will be free agents after being released by their clubs.

One name that strikes my name immediately is Kolkata Knight Riders' Yusuf Pathan. If someone knows 'why he was picked by the franchise in 2011 and is still a part of the team without being released and still playing almost all the matches in spite of scoring runs occasionally?', then that person deserves a Nobel prize.

There are more chances of the Baroda Blaster (long long ago, so long ago....) being a free agent and there are even more chances of him being one throughout as other teams might not risk picking him in the transfer window.

Hi, Kolo Toure (was released last year and no one signed him. He, later became one of Ivory Coast's coaching staffs).