#1 Hashim Amla

The South African batsman is known for doing more than he speaks. Amla shockingly went unsold in the IPL auction 2016 after no franchise showed interest in him. Cricket skeptics had the impression that Amla was not a batsman made for T20s.
He was later roped in by Kings XI Punjab as a replacement for the injured Shaun Marsh. Amla silenced the critics after scoring a brilliant 96 of 56 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mohali.
In the following year, he was bought by the Punjab team where he showed his class, scoring 420 runs in just 10 matches at a strike rate of 145.83 and an astonishing average of 60.00. He scored two tons and two fifties in the season.
Even after such a wonderful show for the Kings XI Punjab, he has not been retained ahead of the IPL auction and it looks like Punjab has made a big mistake not retaining him. The South African batsman will be a hot pick in the auction.
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