5 prominent international players who never played in the IPL

#2 Tamim Iqbal

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Iqbal in action for Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal's batting has been one of the most important factors behind the rise of Bangladesh cricket in the recent past. The fearsome left-handed opener has proved himself time and again on the international stage since his debut in 2007. Tamim has played in most of the local leagues around the world as one of the main batsmen.

He has played 75 international T20s for Bangladesh and has scored 1613 runs at an average if 23. His strike rate is above 110, which is impressive for any batsman playing the T20 format. Overall, Tamim has the experience of playing more than 173 T20 innings.

The Bangladeshi opener once got picked by the now-defunct franchise Pune Warriors India, but never got a chance to play in the playing XI of the team. During the time he was picked in IPL, Tamim was known to be a talented but very inconsistent player.

Since then, he has put his name in the IPL auctions list but has never been picked by any of the teams.