IPL 2024: Josh Hazlewood To Phil Salt; 5 Unsold Players Who Can Be Bought As Backup By Teams - In Pics

Josh Hazlewood was not included in the retention list of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Following this action, Andy Flower, the recently hired coach of Bangalore, stated that the club management was forced to make a tough decision because the Australian speedster was unavailable for the first part of the competition.

IPL veteran Steven Smith from Australia has played a lot of cricket. Over his extensive league career, he has amassed 2845 runs with a strike average of 128.09 in 103 games. He was an integral member of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) from 2014 to 2020; nevertheless, his poor captaincy and hitting in 2019 and 2020 led to his dismissal from the 2008 champion team in 2021.

In 2023, Adil Rashid was a player with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the 2016 winners. He only managed two games and two wickets at an economy of 8.00 during the championship. Before the auction, the 35-year-old was taken out of the SRH team. At the big event in Dubai, his base price was INR 2 crore, but no franchise was willing to bid on him.

In 2023, Phil Salt made his IPL debut wearing the Delhi Caps uniform, however he was not very successful with the bat. He only managed to score 218 runs at an average of 27.25 in nine games. The administration of the Capitals were dissatisfied with his mediocre performance and cut ties with him prior to the auction.

In the first round of the auction, Josh Inglis was put up for sale with a base price of INR 2 crore, however he failed to find a buyer. Days before to the auction, Inglis struck his incredible first-ever T20 International (T20I) century in Visakhapatnam against India, matching the record held by former opener Aaron Finch for the fastest-ever Australia score in the shortest format of cricket.