5 Reasons Why Shakib Ignored By IPL Franchises?
So far Shakib has been underperformed as a cricketer in the Indian Premier League. He has not been able to live up to his reputation in his 10 years of IPL career. His performance with the bat is the most disappointing. While with a bowl in hand he made some valiant contributions to help his team to claim the title.
Today we will try to find the reasons why the star all-rounder of Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan has been overlooked in the recently occurred IPL auction.
Mumbai Factor:
Due to corona crisis IPL is going to be host by Mumbai city.
Most of the match will be played in Wankede stadium where the boundaries are very small.
So very naturally playing spinners will be disavntagous for the small dimensions of the boundaries. For this reason franchise owners were more interested to invest the money in pacers rather than spinners.For example quality spinner like Ravichandran Ashwin have got only 5 crores whereas Deepak Chahar got 14 crore in the auction.
Poor performance in past editions of IPL:
Shakib Al Hasan has had a very poor outing with both bowl and bat in the past two editions of the Indian Premier League. This is one of the major factors behind the reluctance of the franchise. Picking any player’s franchise gives a lot of importance to the performance of the past two years’ IPL. In this area, Shakib felt short as a cricketer. His poor performance has kept the franchise owner disinterested in buying him.
Availability of Shakib Al Hasan:
Bangladesh cricket team has a busy schedule in the upcoming months in the process he will be unavailable in the later part of the IPL. They will play against Sri Lanka and South Africa by that time.
Enough alternative:
There is a handful number of local and international players is available who could provide similar services as Shakib does.
Lack of power-hitting:
No doubt Shakib Al Hasan is one of the best all-rounders of the modern era. However, in the T20 format as a batsman, he has not been able to live up to expectations. His strike rate is a big issue for the franchise owner.
As he played as an all-rounder his bowling is not good enough for the franchise. Moreover, they need someone who could give them some runs in quick times.
Age factor:
Many people may disagree on this point. However, Shakib is currently 34 years old. While the franchise will pick players for three years. So why very naturally franchise will be keen to invest in someone younger than Shakib Al Hasan.
