Who should play for the new IPL franchises? Print E-mail
Category: Indian Premier League
Written by Luke Tagg   
Tuesday, 23 March 2010 00:45
The two new IPL franchises joining the fray in 2011 are Pune and Kochi, who together paid more than the original eight franchises combined.

Their arrival means at least another 60 players are required, of which as many as 20 could be international players.

The questions remains, therefore: who of the international players not currently contracted to IPL franchises should be at the top of Pune and Kochi's shopping lists?

It's a second chance for many players who just missed the cut, not to mention all the other good domestic players around the world who nobody has really taken notice of. Even retired players have a shot.

There will probably also be a number of defections from current franchises, especially from players who don't get regular game time. Many squad members don't get a single game in a season of the IPL - they may be willing to defect to the new franchises if assured of more playing time. Nobody wants to be a bench-warmer.

I'm sure existing franchises will also want to offload some players as a means of cost-cutting, especially those that aren't reporting a profit yet. Some of the current squads are enormous.

It's difficult to say who Pune and Kochi will be looking to buy, because I don't have much perspective on foreign domestic players. Nobody in the world does - it's why the Champions League Twenty20 is so important.

I do however know that there are a bunch of international players who should probably be in an IPL franchise yet for a variety of reasons aren't - here's my list:

Australia

Stuart Clark
Mitchell Johnson
Brad Haddin
Doug Bollinger
Clint McKay
Philip Hughes
Ashley Noffke
Luke Pomersbach
Graham Manou
Ben Laughlin
Jason Krejza

England

Craig Kieswetter
Tim Bresnan
Graeme Swann
Stuart Broad
James Anderson
Ian Bell
Robert Key
Anthony McGrath
Monty Panesar
Mark Ramprakash
Jonathan Trott

New Zealand

Daryl Tuffey
Tim Southee
Martin Guptill
Gareth Hopkins
Grant Elliott
Lou Vincent
Nathan McCullum

Pakistan

Abdul Razzaq
Mohammad Aamer
Saeed Ajmal
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Mohammad Asif
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal
Naved-ul-Hasan
Umar Gul

South Africa

Hashim Amla
Vaughn van Jaarsveld
Morne van Wyk
Colin Ingram
Dave Miller
Rory Kleinveldt
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Zander de Bruyn
Tyron Henderson
Vernon Philander
Johan van der Wath

Sri Lanka

Jehan Mubarak
Nuwan Kulasekara
Nuwan Zoysa
Upul Tharanga
Thilina Kandamby
Kaushalya Weeraratne
Chanaka Welegedara
Chinthaka Jayasinghe
Chamara Silva

West Indies

Ramnaresh Sarwan
Daren Ganga
Lendl Simmons
Darren Bravo
Wavell Hinds
Sulieman Benn

Zimbabwe

Ray Price
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