Several talented players were left unpicked. However, these unsold players are the ones who may cause a stir in the next season. This group indeed has everything from oldies looking for redemption to young guns wanting to show off; skills and experiences are blended here like nothing else can.
Some may be experienced performers currently out of favor, while others could be emerging talents with the potential to become household names. So, let’s enter into the world of the unpicked, where hidden gems are waiting for their opportunity. Let us meet some players who could rewrite their destinies on the IPL main stage despite not having found a home after the first round.
| Player | Country | Role |
| Steve Smith | Australia | Batsman |
| Josh Inglis | Australia | Batsman |
| Josh Hazlewood | Australia | Bowler |
| Adil Rashid | England | Bowler |
| Rassie Van Der Dussen | South Africa | Batsman |
| James Vince | England | Batsman |
| Sean Abbott | Australia | Bowler |
| Jamie Overton | England | Bowler |
| Ben Duckett | England | Batsman |
| Philip Salt | England | Wicket-keeper |
| Colin Munro | New Zealand | All-rounder |
| Jason Holder | Barbados | All-rounder |
| James Neesham | New Zealand | All-rounder |
| Daniel Sams | Australia | Bowler |
| Chris Jordan | Barbados | All-rounder |
| Tymal Mills | England | Bowler |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | Bowler |
| Ashton Agar | Australia | All-rounder |
| Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | All-rounder |
| Dwaine Pretorius | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Sam Billings | England | Wicket-keeper |
| Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | Bowler |
| Riley Meredith | Australia | Bowler |
| Adam Milne | New Zealand | Bowler |
| Wayne Parnell | South Africa | All-rounder |
| David Wiese | Namibia | All-rounder |
| Ish Sodhi | New Zealand | Bowler |
| Finn Allen | New Zealand | Batsman |
| Fabian Allen | West Indies | All-rounder |
| Keemo Paul | Jamaica | All-rounder |
| Matt Henry | New Zealand | Bowler |
| Lance Morris | Australia | Bowler |
| Ollie Robinson | England | Bowler |
| Billy Stanlake | Australia | Bowler |
| Olly Stone | England | Bowler |
| Karun Nair | India | Batsman |
| Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka | Batsman |
| Akeal Hosein | West Indies | All-rounder |
| Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil | Afghanistan | Batsman |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | South Africa | Bowler |
| Alick Athanaze | Guyana | Batsman |
| Mark Chapman | New Zealand | Batsman |
| Samuel Hain | England | Batsman |
| Reeza Hendricks | South Africa | Batsman |
| Brandon King | West Indies | Batsman |
| Ibrahim Zadran | Afghanistan | Batsman |
| Najibullah Zadran | Afghanistan | All-rounder |
| Wesley Agar | Australia | Bowler |
| Qais Ahmad | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Charith Asalanka | Sri Lanka | Batsman |
| Brydon Carse | England | Bowler |
| Ben Cutting | Australia | All-rounder |
| Matthew Forde | Australia | Bowler |
| George Garton | England | Bowler |
| George Linde | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Wiaan Mulder | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka | All-rounder |
| Matthew Short | Australia | Batsman |
| Odean Smith | West Indies | All-rounder |
| Hanuma Vihari | India | Batsman |
| Johnson Charles | West Indies | Batsman |
| Varun Aaron | India | Bowler |
| Fareed Ahmad | Afghanistan | Bowler |
| Dushmanta Chameera | Sri Lanka | Bowler |
| Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | Bowler |
| Richard Gleeson | England | Bowler |
| Siddharth Kaul | India | Bowler |
| Lahiru Kumara | Sri Lanka | Bowler |
| Obed Mccoy | West Indies | Bowler |
| Blessing Muzarabani | Zimbabwe | Bowler |
| Richard Ngarava | Zimbabwe | Bowler |
| George Scrimshaw | England | Bowler |
| Barinder Sran | India | Bowler |
| Oshane Thomas | West Indies | Bowler |
| Sandeep Warrier | India | Bowler |
| Lizaad Williams | South Africa | Bowler |
| Luke Wood | England | Bowler |
| Benny Howell | England | All-rounder |
| Jalaj Saxena | India | Bowler |
| Corbin Bosch | South Africa | Batsman |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | India | Bowler |
| Basil Thampi | India | Bowler |
| Lalit Yadav | India | All-rounder |
| S Midhun | India | All-rounder |
| Izharulhuq Naveed | Bangladesh | Bowler |
| Priyansh Arya | India | Batsman |
| Rohan Kunnummal | India | All-rounder |
| Manan Vohra | India | Batsman |
| Raj Angad Bawa | India | All-rounder |
| Sarfaraz Khan | India | Batsman |
| Vivrant Sharma | India | Bowler |
| Atit Sheth | India | Batsman |
| Hrithik Shokeen | India | All-rounder |
| Urvil Patel | India | Bowler |
| Vishnu Solanki | India | All-rounder |
| Ishan Porel | India | Bowler |
| Kuldip Yadav | India | Bowler |
| Murugan Ashwin | India | Bowler |
| Pulkit Narang | India | Bowler |
| Shiva Singh | India | Bowler |
| Dinesh Bana | India | Batsman |
| Rajat Dey | India | Batsman |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | India | Batsman |
| Rithik Easwaran | India | Batsman |
| Chirag Gandhi | India | Batsman |
| Nikhil Gangta | India | All-rounder |
| Sudip Gharami | India | Bowler |
| Ansh Gosai | India | Bowler |
| Azim Kazi | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Amandeep Khare | India | Batsman |
| Ankit Kumar | India | Bowler |
| Bhupen Lalwani | India | Bowler |
| Pukhraj Mann | India | Batsman |
| Tanmay Mishra | India | Bowler |
| Salman Nizar | India | Batsman |
| Priyank Panchal | India | Batsman |
| Akshat Raghuwanshi | India | Batsman |
| Ekant Sen | India | Bowler |
| Subhranshu Senapati | India | All-rounder |
| Naushad Shaikh | India | Bowler |
| Dhruv Shorey | India | Batsman |
| Himmat Singh | India | Bowler |
| Virat Singh | India | Batsman |
| Sumeet Verma | India | Bowler |
| P.A. Abdul | India | Batsman |
| Murugan Abhishek | India | Bowler |
| Atharva Ankolekar | India | Batsman |
| Baba Aparajith | India | Batsman |
| Jass Inder Baidwan | India | Bowler |
| Rahul Buddhi | India | Bowler |
| Vaisakh Chandran | India | Batsman |
| Writtick Chatterjee | India | Batsman |
| Raj Chaudhary | India | Bowler |
| Ravi Chauhan | India | Bowler |
| Ashwin Das | India | Bowler |
| Aarya Desai | India | Batsman |
| Vineet Dhankhar | India | Batsman |
| Harsh Dubey | India | Batsman |
| Prerit Dutta | India | Bowler |
| Jake Fraser-Mcgurk | Australia | Bowler |
| Shubhang Hegde | India | Batsman |
| Saransh Jain | India | Bowler |
| Duan Jansen | South Africa | Bowler |
| Mohammad Kaif | India | Batsman |
| Aman Khan | India | Batsman |
| Mohd Arslan Khan | India | Bowler |
| Musheer Khan | India | Bowler |
| Tanush Kotian | India | Batsman |
| Manvanth Kumar | India | Bowler |
| Saurabh Kumar | India | Bowler |
| Dev Lakra | India | Bowler |
| Nasir Lone | India | Bowler |
| Kaushik Maity | India | Batsman |
| Divij Mehra | India | Batsman |
| Mani Sankar Mura Singh | India | Bowler |
| Sanjay Pahal | India | Bowler |
| Jitender Pal | India | Bowler |
| Saumy Pandey | India | Batsman |
| Ansh Patel | India | Bowler |
| Sairaj Patil | India | All-rounder |
| Pradosh Paul | India | Bowler |
| Shubham Singh Pundir | India | Bowler |
| Atal Rai | India | Bowler |
| Abhimanyusingh Rajput | India | Batsman |
| Mohit Rathee | India | Bowler |
| Ninad Rathva | India | Batsman |
| Rohit Rayudu | India | Batsman |
| Aniketh Reddy | India | Batsman |
| Mohit Redkar | India | Bowler |
| Akash Sengupta | India | Bowler |
| Suryansh Shedge | India | Batsman |
| Aradhya Shukla | India | All-rounder |
| Utkarsh Singh | India | Batsman |
| Shashank Singh | India | All-rounder |
| Prenelan Subrayen | Sri Lanka | Batsman |
| Ravi Teja | India | Batsman |
| Akash Vashisht | India | Bowler |
| Mohit Ahlawat | India | Bowler |
| G. Ajitesh | India | Batsman |
| L.R. Chethan | India | Batsman |
| Gourav Choudhary | India | Bowler |
| Harvik Desai | India | Batsman |
| Shakir Gandhi | India | Batsman |
| Sumit Ghadigaonkar | India | Bowler |
| Baba Indrajith | India | Batsman |
| Bhagmender Lather | India | Bowler |
| Anmol Malhotra | India | Bowler |
| Darshan Misal | India | All-rounder |
| Nikhil Naik | India | Batsman |
| Prasad Pawar | India | Bowler |
| Mahesh Pithiya | India | Bowler |
| William Salzmann | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Bipin Saurabh | India | Batsman |
| B.R. Sharath | India | Bowler |
| K.L. Shrijith | India | Batsman |
| Avneesh Sudha | India | Bowler |
| Aditya Tare | India | Wicket-keeper |
| Nihal Ullal | India | Batsman |
| K.M Asif | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Mohit Avasthi | India | Bowler |
| Ottneil Baartman | South Africa | Bowler |
| Basit Bashir | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Waseem Bashir | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Sachin Bhosale | India | Batsman |
| Devendra Singh Bora | India | Bowler |
| Gurnoor Singh Brar | India | Bowler |
| Saurabh Dubey | India | Bowler |
| Mrinmoy Dutta | India | Bowler |
| Vishal Godara | India | Bowler |
| Money Grewal | India | Bowler |
| Arpit Guleria | India | Bowler |
| Mukhtar Hussain | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Shamar Joseph | West Indies | Bowler |
| Mohammed Kaif | India | Batsman |
| Shubham Kapse | India | Bowler |
| Devang Karamta | India | Bowler |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | India | Bowler |
| Ravi Kumar | India | Bowler |
| Ashwani Kumar | India | Bowler |
| Raj Limbani | India | Batsman |
| Kwena Maphaka | South Africa | Bowler |
| Lukman Hussain Meriwala | India | Bowler |
| Venkatesh Muralidhara | India | Bowler |
| William O’Rourke | Ireland | Bowler |
| Rakshan Readdi | India | Batsman |
| Manish Reddy | India | Batsman |
| Monish Reddy | India | Batsman |
| Akhin Sathar | India | Bowler |
| Divesh Sharma | India | Bowler |
| Ashok Sharma | India | Bowler |
| Abhilash Shetty | India | Wicket-keeper |
| Rahul Shukla | India | Bowler |
| Manit Singh | India | Batsman |
| Gurjapneet Singh | India | Bowler |
| Paul Van Meekeren | Netherlands | Bowler |
| Nitin Verma | India | Bowler |
| Chris Wood | England | Bowler |
| Gourav Yadav | India | Bowler |
| Prithvi Raj Yarra | India | Bowler |
| Mujtaba Yousuf | Pakistan | Batsman |
| Shubham Agrawal | India | Batsman |
| Mustaq Beg | India | Bowler |
| K.C Cariappa | India | Bowler |
| Ganesh Chaudhary | India | Bowler |
| Yuvraj Chudasama | India | Batsman |
| Jasmer Dhankhar | India | Bowler |
| Chintal Gandhi | India | Batsman |
| Allah Ghazanfar | India | Bowler |
| Raghav Goyal | India | Bowler |
| Shreyas Gurav | India | Bowler |
| Vishu Kashyap | India | Bowler |
| Bhuwan Rohilla | India | Bowler |
| Shivam Sharma | India | Bowler |
| Digvesh Singh | India | Bowler |
| Jagadeesha Suchith | India | Bowler |
| B. Surya | India | Batsman |
| Pankaj Yadav | India | Bowler |
| Sahil Dhiwan | India | Bowler |
| Kaushal Tambe | India | Bowler |
