5 Australian stars who failed to shine in the IPL

#4 Shaun Tait

Perhaps the quickest bowlers to emerge from the Australian shores after Jeff Thompson, Shaun Tait’s career was more a tussle with his body than with the opponents.

Such was his injury-ravaged career that he had to give up Test and ODI cricket to forge a life as a freelance T20 cricketer. Despite having scary pace, Tait was never able to drive home his worth, all due to his waywardness.

On his day, the ‘wild thing’ could wreak havoc and dismantle oppositions, but his days were few and far in between.

His IPL career was just an extrapolation of his international career and sporadic appearances owing to flimsy performances and fragile body did his statistics no good.

In 21 IPL matches for Rajasthan Royals spanned over four seasons, Tait managed to pick up only 23 wickets and gave away runs at an economy rate of 8.11.

Despite his talent and ability, it is safe to say that his career was more a hope and prayer rather than any conviction!.

In March 2017, Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.