Brendon McCullum IPL Brendon McCullum went unsold in IPL 2019 auction. Photo credits: BCCI

When the name of Brendon McCullum was up for bidding during IPL 2019 auction, the right-handed batsman would have expected at least one franchise to go for him but he got no bid at all and went unsold at the end of the day. It was a bitter pill to swallow for the fans who have seen McCullum play in all the seasons of the league. He did not have a good run in IPL 2018, the probable reason behind him finding no buyers.

McCullum has now also reacted to the franchises' snub and the former New Zealand skipper has hinted towards calling it quits soon. "That's the way things go sometimes. I've been very lucky, I've had 11 seasons in the IPL and at some stage you need to transition away from the playing stuff,” he told Radio Sport. McCullum had retired from international cricket in 2016 but has continued to play in T20 leagues around the world.

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"All good things must come to an end, and I was very delighted to see some of the Kiwi boys got picked up. I'm certainly not too worried about it; it's the way the game goes sometimes. I certainly wish the other boys all the best and you never know, you just never know what might unfold in the future," he added.

(Brendon McCullum played for RCB in IPL 2018. Photo credits: BCCI)

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McCullum made a sparkling start to his IPL career as he smashed 158* right in the first game of the history of the league to give this tournament a blockbuster start. He went onto play for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) from 2008 to 2010 before joining Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011.

He made a comeback for KKR in 2012-13 and went to Chennai Super Kings for next two years, where he played under MS Dhoni. McCullum then turned up for Suresh Raina-led Gujarat Lions for next two years and played under Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2018.

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He was released by the franchise for his poor performance in the season, where he just scored 127 runs in six games. Despite a few of the veterans lowering down their base prices ahead of IPL auction, McCullum kept his base price Rs 2 Crore and found no buyers. In total, he played 109 games in which he scored 2881 runs at 27.70.