IPL 2018: One overseas player who might be dropped from each team next season

4. Mustafizur Rahman | Mumbai Indians

Mustafizur Rahman shot into the limelight in the ODI series against India in 2015. He impressed everyone with his variations and batsmen found it tough to pick him. His stock delivery was bowled at 140 clicks while his slower one was bowled at about 110 clicks. Subsequently, he was picked by SRH and played a great part in them winning the title in 2016.

However, he only played one game in 2017 due to the excessive workload. Furthermore, his pace came down several notches due to his shoulder injury. So, batsmen now don’t find it all that difficult to pick him. But still, MI purchased him at the auction for INR 2.2 crores and that didn’t turn out to be a great move. He only picked 7 wickets in 7 games and was expensive.

5. Mitchell Johnson | Kolkata Knight Riders

Mitchell Johnson was a surprise buy by the KKR at the auction this year. He hasn’t had great times with the ball in the last three seasons. However, KKR went ahead with him and will regret their decision now. Although Johnson wasn’t expected to get a game this year, Starc’s absence forced KKR to play him.

Johnson played 6 games for the franchise this year but was utterly disappointing. He only picked 2 wickets in all these games and couldn’t make any impact. He conceded over 10 runs per over this season and it is surprising the Dinesh Karthik backed him all this way.