5. Dinesh Karthik

Witnessing his super keeping and batting skills, many franchises gave him a chance but his home team Chennai never did that due to the availability of the star-batter MS Dhoni.

4. Shubman Gill 

In 2022, Gill could’ve represented his city-based franchise Punjab team after getting released from the Kolkata team. As he has played a lot of cricket for Punjab in domestic cricket since 2017, he could’ve been proven a great addition to the Punjab squad if the franchise had shown interest in him.

 3. Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer has been outstanding with his bat for all the franchises that he has played for in the Indian T20 League. But the right-handed superstar is still to don the jersey of his home side - Mumbai.

2. Jasprit Bumrah 

As Bumrah is from Gujarat, many Gujrat fans would want to see the local boy representing their franchise in the future. However, in the present scenario, it seems unlikely for Gujrat supporters to watch Bumrah playing for their favourite team.

1. Virat Kohli

The sheer consistency with which Virat Kohli has aggregated runs for Bangalore and won them countless games is simply jaw-dropping. Therefore, it has been a massive reason why Virat who originally hails from Delhi hasn't had the opportunity to represent the Delhi franchise in the Indian T20 League.

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