Indian Premier League (IPL) is a big platform for players who are looking for the stage to showcase their talent worldwide. The most popular league has given birth to cricketers like Jasprit Bumrah who first started his journey with IPL and then got the call on the national side.
In the past 12 editions, players have broken many records and registered their names in good books. Some were fortunate to get the call to play for their country while some were ignored or faded away with the time.
Here, we have discussed the players who were the star of an IPL season and where are they now.
One-Season Wonders And Where Are They Now?
Paul Valthaty
Mumbai born cricketer Paul Valthaty was like a spark that failed to turn in the fire. In the 2011 season, Kings XI Punjab bagged Paul’s service after one player got injured. He turned out to be an explosive batsman for the franchise.
During the match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), he played one of the most admirable innings of the 4th edition. Chasing a mammoth 189-run target, he played unbeaten innings of 120 not out in 63 balls and led KXIP to win the match with five balls still spare to bowl.
He continued his run strike as in further matches, he scored 75 of 47 deliveries and 46 off just 31. He ended up as the sixth-highest run-scorer of IPL 2011. His part-time also helped the Punjab based franchise, in one of the matches, he picked four wickets giving 29 runs.
For his prolific performance, KXIP retained him for IPL 2012 and 2013 season but Paul proved expensive because of his degrading form. Following this, he was dropped and faded away from the cricket.
Currently, Paul plays for Air India as their employer.