IPL 2020 auction: 3 unsold all-rounders from last year likely to get big bids

#2 Jimmy Neesham

Jimmy Neesham

Like Holder, New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham also surprisingly went unsold at the IPL auction last year. But he is likely to be a big draw at this year's event.

The medium pacer and left-handed bat is equally talented with both the ball and the willow in hand, and is also a good fielder to boot. The Kiwis have been blessed to have both him and Mitchell Santner playing in the same team.

The success in the World Cup this year only reiterated his value as an all-rounder in international cricket, as the Kiwis made their second successive final. Neesham claimed three wickets in the summit clash and also effected the run out that took the final to the Super Over.

Batting in the Super Over, he hit 13 off 5 balls including a massive six off Jofra Archer, but the Kiwis fell inches short of glory.

Neesham has 102 T20 scalps in 108 matches at a strike rate of 16.8 and an average of 25.45, at a slightly high economy rate of 9.07. With the bat, he has four fifties to his name at an impressive strike rate of 137.40.