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Unlucky Dip Player #25: :wi: :bat: Travis Dowlin Nominated by: @icyman Received by: @Till Valhalla A player who arrived in international cricket brim full of experience, Travis Dowlin made the most of a limited game to perform respectably in his six Test matches. TV is having an remarkable...

Unlucky Dip Player #24: :ind: :bat: Devang Gandhi Nominated by: @Aravind. Received by: @Perfect Square Every team needs a good, solid opener and I think it's clear that Devang Gandhi can be just such a player in the context of this draft. A very handy role player to get. Perfect Square's XI...

Unlucky Dip Player #23: :saf: :wkb: AB de Villiers Nominated by: @Till Valhalla Received by: @ddrap14 This is an absolutely huge pull: not only is AB de Villiers (in my opinion) the most complete batter of the past 50 years, he's also one that fit anywhere from one to seven, as a batter or as...

Unlucky Dip Player #22: :saf: :bwl: Flooi du Toit Nominated by: @Paranoid Kendroid Received by: @ddrap14 Another of the thoroughly anonymous class of 1892, Flooi du Toit's one brush with first-class cricket was his only Test match, in which he did at least pick up a wicket with his left-arm...

Unlucky Dip #21: :eng: :ar: Scott Borthwick Nominated by: @ddrap14 Received by: @Supreme General I think this is a pretty good pull: a solid county pro who played one Test by accident and in the wrong role, Borthwick is at worst a handy utility player to get in the side. Supreme General's XI...

Unlucky Dip Player #20: :pak: :ar: Shadab Khan Nominated by: @CerealKiller Received by: @Aislabie Shadab has been genuinely fine at Test level, although it's unlikely that we'll ever really see the best of him in red ball cricket given that he is so in demand as a T20 all-rounder. Best player...

Unlucky Dip Player #19: :ban: :bwl: Tapash Baisya Nominated by: @Till Valhalla Received by: @CerealKiller The GOAT. The one player in this draft who I really really wanted, even more than Imran Khan. I'm very jealous. Cerealkiller's XI so far: :ban: :bwl: Tapash Baisya

Unlucky Dip Player #18: :afg: :ar: Karim Janat Nominated by: @Perfect Square Received by: @ahmedleo414 Karim Janat is a really good player in a David Capel sort of way. Early signs are that his bowling is completely ineffective at Test level, but his batting definitely has a bit of something...

Unlucky Dip Player #17: :zim: :wkb: Charles Coventry Nominated by: @Aislabie Received by: @mohsin7827 Coventry was Zimbabwe's answer to Mohammad Ashraful: a player with virtually bottomless talent capable of taking apart any bowlers in the world, but also incapable of averaging over 25...

Unlucky Dip Player #16: :ind: :bat: Rajagopalan Shyamsunder Nominated by: @mohsin7827 (using the Rob Key Selection Bonus) Received by: @Aislabie This is a genuinely evil use of the Rob Key Bonus, and I don't appreciate it at all (that's a lie, I just wish he wasn't on my team) Aislabie's XI...

Unlucky Dip Player #15: :wi: :bat: Ricardo Powell Nominated by: @ahmedleo414 Received by: @Yash. A Twenty20 player before Twenty20 was invented, and a Test player against everybody's better judgement, Ricardo Powell will certainly make any team he's a part of more explosive. Less consistent...

Unlucky Dip Pick #14: :eng: :wkb: Richard Blakey Nominated by: @Supreme General Received by: @Till Valhalla The Yorkshire wicket-keeper batter and noted author of Taking It From Behind, Richard Blakey's Test career lasted for two disastrous Tests in India - but he was a better player than...

Unlucky Dip Player #13: :ind: :bat: Vikram Rathour Nominated by: @Aravind. Received by: @Yash. 33 centuries and a first-class record of very nearly 50 show that Rathour is one of the better picks available, but it has to be a worry that he might go into batting coach mode and make all your...

Unlucky Dip Player #12: :aus: :bat: Roland Pope Nominated by: @ddrap14 Received by: @Aravind. Roland Pope's 20 first-class matches as a specialist batter with no 50-plus scores is a genuinely impressive record. Not in a good way, but impressive all the same. Aravind's XI so far: :aus: :bat...

Unlucky Dip #11: :nzf: :ar: Scott Kuggeleijn Nominated by: @Supreme General Received by: @ddrap14 One of the better cricketers knocking about in this draft, but probably the worst human being. None of us wanted him, but Random.org had to choose one of us. Ddrap's XI so far: :nzf: :ar: Scott...

Unlucky Dip Player #10: :ind: :bwl:Tinu Yonannan Nominated by: @Aravind. Received by: @ddrap14 A long-time high jumper who saw an advert for the MRF Pace Academy and decided to turn up unannounced, Tinu Yohannan had all the ingredients to be part of the 2013-14 England Ashes squad (which is...

Unlucky Dip Player #9: :pak: :ar: Imran Khan Nominated by: @Paranoid Kendroid Received by: @Till Valhalla This is the first of the gambled picks that didn't quite pay off: one of the greatest cricketers of all time, but only Kendroid rolled the dice, so this time he's the unlucky one. Till...

Unlucky Dip Player #8: :ind: :bwl: Iqbal Siddiqui Nominated by: @mohsin7827 Received by: @Neptune A brisk Indian fast bowler who I think of as his era's Pankaj Singh, there are far far worse players available than Iqbal Siddiqui. And he joins a team that is already building up a respectable...