The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) is scheduled to start from September 19, with all eight teams preparing to fight in the United Arab Emirates.
While Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore), MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) and Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) are three of those players who are now synonymous with their respective IPL teams, there are some players who have been unable to find permanent players. households by themselves in the IPL. They move from one team to another after a season or two due to myriad reasons, such as poor form or injury, or because of becoming a surplus to a team’s requirements.
In this article, we take a look at five of these players whose IPL journeys have been nothing short of adventurous, having represented five or more different franchises in the competition.
Thisara Perera (5 franchises)
The first player to appear on this list is Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera, who is only the second foreign player to have played for five or more different IPL franchises over the years.
Between 2010 and 2016, with the exception of 2014, Perera participated in six different IPL franchises: Chennai Super Kings, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rising Pune Supergiants respectively. He has not been part of the IPL since 2016.
Dinesh Karthik (6 franchises)
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has also been a frequent flyer on the IPL. Before being recruited as a patron of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) prior to the 2018 edition of the competition, the Tamil Nadu player had appeared in five different IPL franchises.
A 182-game veteran, Karthik began his IPL career with the Delhi Daredevils in 2008, staying with them through 2010 and playing 42 games for the franchise. He then played the entire 2011 IPL season for Kings XI Punjab before moving to Mumbai Indians for the next two editions of the competition.
The 35-year-old returned to the Delhi Daredevils at IPL 2014 before appearing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore at IPL 2015. Karthik played the next two editions of the IPL for the Gujarat Lions before coming to KKR in 2018.
Parthiv Patel (6 franchises)
Parthiv Patel, like Dinesh Karthik, has also represented up to six different IPL franchises.
Patel, who made his IPL debut with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the inaugural edition of the competition in 2008, played as a specialized hitter for the franchise until 2010.
From 2011 to 2013, the diminutive wicketkeeper played an IPL season each for three different teams: Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively. In 2014, he opened up batting and also held wickets for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Patel then spent three consecutive seasons with the Mumbai Indians, where he won two IPL titles (2015 and 2017) to add to his first win with CSK in 2010. After returning to RCB in 2018, IPL 2020 will be his third consecutive season at the competition. for the franchise.
Ishant Sharma (6 franchises)
Next up is Indian pacemaker Ishant Sharma, who after three largely unsuccessful seasons with the franchise, Deccan Chargers bought Sharma in 2011. After playing a couple of IPL seasons for the Chargers, Sharma did the same with Sunrisers as well. Hyderabad.
Next, Rising Super Giants chose the lanky pace for the 2017 IPL, but the franchise released it after just one season.
Kings XI Punjab later bought Ishant Sharma for IPL 2018, but they used him primarily as a replacement bowler that season. 2019 saw the Delhi boy homecoming when he introduced himself to the Delhi capitals.
Aaron Finch (7 franchises)
The ultimate IPL drifter, Australian captain Aaron Finch is the only player to have participated in up to seven franchises in the competition. The 33-year-old starter will, in fact, don his eighth different IPL jersey when he appears in the RCB colors next month.
The burly right-handed hitter made his IPL debut in 2010 for the Rajasthan Royals, but appeared in just one game that season before playing eight games in the next two editions of the competition for the Delhi Daredevils.
Finch led the Pune Warriors in their 14 games at IPL 2013 before moving to Sunrisers Hyderabad, for whom he played 13 games, the next year. At IPL 2015, the Australian played just three games for eventual champion Mumbai Indians before playing two full IPL seasons with the Gujarat Lions.
In 2018, Finch played ten IPL matches for Kings XI Punjab before opting out of the 2019 edition of the competition to prepare for the 50-year World Cup.
Hopefully, he manages to stick around for a while at RCB and add more firepower to the franchise’s famous hitting lineup at IPL 2020.
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