5 players from the KPL who made it to different IPL teams

#4 Stuart Binny

Stuart Binny holds the record for the best figures by an Indian bowler in ODI cricket

One of the few all-rounders that the Indian cricket team has at its disposal, and the seam bowler who holds the record for the best ODI figures by an Indian bowler (6 wickets for 4 runs against Bangladesh in 2014), Stuart Binny, is also a KPL prodigy. Having featured for the Bijapur Bulls in the inaugural edition of the league in 2009, Binny picked up 10 wickets from 8 games at 25.10 whilst also scoring 185 runs at 30.83. This all-round performance immediately caught the attention of the IPL scouts, and he was roped in by the Rajasthan Royals for the 2010 edition of the IPL.

Although Binny managed to play just one game for the Royals that year, the son of the former India pacer, Roger Binny, continued to play in the KPL and picked up 5 wickets from 6 games and scored 144 runs at 48.00 in the following edition of the league, in the 2010-11 season. Consequently, in 2011, he was given a longer rope by his IPL franchise, the Royals, and went on to play 6 matches. He played 8 matches in in 2012, but his big break came in 2013, wherein Binny scored 293 runs from 17 matches 32.55 and a strike-rate of 147 and also picked up 6 wickets. The all-rounder has come a long way since then and has represented India in 6 Tests, 14

He played 8 matches in in 2012, but his big break came in 2013, wherein Binny scored 293 runs from 17 matches 32.55 and a strike-rate of 147 and also picked up 6 wickets. The all-rounder has come a long way since then and has represented India in 6 Tests, 14 ODIs and 2 T20Is.