Delhi: As far as the discussion is concerned, many famous players from David Warner to Prithvi Shaw are equal participants in the list of 'unsold' in the IPL 2025 mega auction. A lot is being written about these also. A total of 577 players were shortlisted for this mega auction and out of these, 182 were sold. There are many famous names among those who remained unsold, such as David Warner, Anmolpreet Singh, Kane Williamson, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Steve Smith, Mustafizur Rahman, Piyush Chawla, Adil Rashid, Keshav Maharaj, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sikandar Raza, Jonny Bairstow and KS Bharat. In other words, it can also be said that the franchisees whose votes made him appear in the shortlist of 577, also did not take any interest in buying him in the auction.

Still, understand that all is not lost for these players and they can still play in IPL 2025. How? If any player sold or retained in the auction gets injured/ill in the coming days or is ruled out of the IPL 2025 season due to any other major reason, the franchises can still call any of them 'unsold'.

Actually, the method of auction of IPL is also such that after the first round of sale is over, the names of 'unsold' come up again so that now, keeping in mind the remaining budget and the names of those who have been bought, the team can find the missing players. Even after completing the project, many are not sold till the end. All these are available not only before the start of IPL but also after the start of IPL. Can play in IPL. This way these unsolds can take advantage of any unexpected comeback opportunities.

Such players should always keep in mind the example of West Indies batsman Chris Gayle's incredible 2011 IPL season. In fact, Gayle was in the unsold list for this season. From 2008 to 2010, he played for Kolkata Knight Riders. His name was then in the auction pool for 2011 and the biggest surprise was that despite his hard-hitting reputation, no one bought him for the 2011 season. One name in the list of RCB players was that of Australian fast bowler Dirk Nannes. When he got injured and was out of the remaining tournament, RCB included Gayle from the 'unsold' list in his place. Right from his debut for RCB, Gayle played as if he was proving that what mistake did those who did not buy him make? Batting notably against his previous team KKR, Gayle scored 102* off just 55 balls to lead RCB to a 9-wicket win.

In this way, on one hand the tournament West Indies started without this Khabbu player and on the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore were struggling and lost their first 4 matches 3. Then came Gayle. With this victory, the team's streak of 7 wins started and Gayle was playing a special role in it. Two weeks after his arrival, he scored another 100, this time against Kings XI Punjab and even bowled 3-21 in that match. Believe me, RCB were on top of the points table that season. During the playoffs, RCB lost to Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier but Gayle performed brilliantly. In the next game, he scored 89* in just 47 balls against Mumbai Indians to lead RCB to victory.