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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ipl passes on smith warner anderson but sign 13yo | History Defined

Steve Smith has been rejected by the IPL franchises despite his recent success in the US T20 comp. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

It was groundhog day for David Warner as he again went unsold at the Indian Premier League auction, likely ending an lucrative, run-laden connection with the blockbuster T20 competition.

The explosive opener has scored 6 565 runs at a strike rate of 140 and an average above 40 in the IPL, but as on Sunday, none of the ten franchises were prepared to invest in the 38-year-old left-hander as the auction would up with a lengthy second day's bidding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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