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Andrew Flintoff
There was little doubt over the potential of Andrew Flintoff, the batsman, the bowler, the all-rounder and the match winner. He has been enshrined in English cricket for his heroics in the 2005 and 2009 Ashes.
A match winner on his day, Freddie could change the course of the match with both bat and ball. Hence, it was no surprise that he was a hot property during the 2009 auctions and was snapped up Chennai Super Kings for a whopping $1.55 million.
Much was expected of the burly all-rounder, but he only underperformed, and never quite lived up to his billing.
He was plagued with injuries, and hence could play only 3 matches. Even in those 3 matches, Flintoff did not set the stage on fire. With the bat he scored only 62 runs with a mediocre strike rate of 116.98. With the ball too, Flintoff could only pick up 2 wickets and was taken for plenty as his economy rate was 9.55.
A massive let down indeed!
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