All-time underperforming IPL XI

#8 Murali Kartik

Murali Kartik

Probably Murali Kartik is the unluckiest spinner in Indian cricket history. His career coincided with the careers of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh and hence, only got chances when they were rested or injured. As a result, Kartik ended up just as a First-Class legend picking 644 wickets in 203 matches. He was also a good limited overs performer for Tamil Nadu as he picked up 249 List A wickets in 194 games.

The classical left-arm spinner played a significant amount of his cricket in England for different county teams. In the T20 format, he carried more than a decent record. In 91 T20 matches other than those of the IPL, Kartik has picked over 80 wickets at an acceptable economy of 6.5 whereas, in the IPL, Kartik could take only 31 wickets in 56 games at an economy of 7.3. These stats by no means show the talent Kartik possesed.