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Many star players from India and abroad consider it an honor to play in a world-class T20 cricket series such as the IPL. This is because the quality of players who play for different teams in this series, which is equivalent to the World Cup hosted by the ICC, will show their full potential and fight with the idea that they too can kiss the trophy if their team wins the trophy. Three-quarters of the players will touch the IPL trophy at least once while playing for any team.
But even in a few gold quality players will not get the privilege of starting the IPL trophy even if they give their full breath and perform very well. It is a pity that their team fails to touch the trophy as they have to show all their talent on the field and fight for victory in order to win the championship.
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Quality players like that are fully qualified to touch and kiss their trophy with their hands, but will be pushed to such a pitiable level that fans will say they could not. However let’s look at the top 5 players who have not played in more matches in IPL history and won the trophy to the extent of claiming that the IPL trophy has not reached the hands of those quality players.
5. Chris Gayle 142: One of the reasons why the IPL is so popular today is that West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has repeatedly taken the series by storm, raining hurricanes like fours and sixes. He has batted brilliantly for teams like Kolkata, Bangalore and Punjab since 2008 and has scored countless centuries, most sixes, highest scores and fastest centuries.
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He was particularly impressive in batting for Bangalore, but failed to touch the trophy despite reaching the final in the 2011 and 2016 seasons. Despite scoring 76 (38) in the 2016 final, he has not won a trophy since he was knocked out by other batsmen except Virat Kohli.
4. Amit Misra 154: Former Indian spin bowler Amit Mishra, who holds the record for most wickets in IPL history and the most number of hat-tricks, is a champion bowler who has taken 154 wickets for Delhi, Deccan and Hyderabad till 2021.
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But despite playing in 154 matches, he retired last year without touching the IPL trophy even once till the last.
3. Ajinkya Raghane 158: The team did not win the trophy when Ajinkya Rahane, currently a senior, played in Mumbai under Sachin’s leadership from 2008 – 2010.
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Since then, he has played in 158 matches in Rajasthan, Pune, Delhi and Kolkata, where he has not won a trophy.
2. AB de Villiers 184: I must say that the IPL trophy is not lucky enough to touch the hands of this South African. Because he is a world-class bowler who has the ability to hit sixes on all sides of the field, no matter how hard he throws the ball, he has introduced a lot of different innovative shots to T20 cricket and has shown a new evolution.
That’s why fans celebrate him as Mr. 360 Batsman. He played for Delhi from 2008-2010 and then played for Bangalore in a total of 184 matches till 2021 but finished 2nd without being able to buy the trophy. Especially in 2011 and 2016 when he was close to the trophy he retired without being able to touch the last.
1. Virat Kohli 223: Before becoming a star player for India, Virat Kohli from Delhi started his journey with the Bangalore team in 2008 and holds the record of being the only team player to date. Starting as a young player and becoming a world-class player, he became the star of the team’s run machine and became the highest run-scorer in IPL history.
He captained the team from 2013 to 2021, especially in the 2016 season and scored 973 runs, including 4 centuries. He is currently stepping down as captain and has struggled to win the trophy despite playing 223 matches for the same team in his lifetime. If there is one quality qualified player to win the trophy in the IPL it is undoubtedly Virat Kohli.
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