Year Ender 2025: Royal Challengers Bangalore finally won the Indian Premier League title, ending the drought of years. IPL 2025 was great in many aspects and fans will remember it for a long time. However, the performance of some players was very poor in the tournament. Teams had given him crores of rupees and included him in their team with confidence, but he did not live up to the expectations and cost his team crores of rupees. Let us look at 10 such players.
Rishabh Pant was included in their team by Lucknow Super Giants by paying Rs 27 crores. It seemed that he would do wonders in the tournament but in 14 matches he could score only 269 runs at an average of 24.45. This season was forgettable for him.
Venkatesh Iyer was bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore but his performance was not worth it. Iyer scored only 142 runs in 11 matches, which is surprising. For this reason, KKR released him before the IPL 2026 auction.
Rashid Khan was retained by GT by paying Rs 18 crores. IPL 2025 was worth forgetting for him. He was successful in taking only 9 wickets in 15 matches and his economy was 9.34.
PBKS again showed confidence in Glenn Maxwell and bought him for 4.2 crores. He flopped badly and managed to score only 48 runs in 7 matches. He defrauded Punjab Kings of crores of rupees.
Mohammed Shami was bought by SRH by paying a huge amount of Rs 10 crore. IPL 2025 was forgettable for him. He took only 6 wickets in 9 matches.
Andre Russell was retained by KKR by paying Rs 12 crores but IPL 2025 was bad for him. He could score only 167 runs in 13 matches and his average was 18.55. Due to this performance he was released.
Liam Livingstone was bought by RCB for Rs 8.75 crore. There were a lot of expectations from him but he scored only 112 runs in 10 matches at an average of 16.00. He again took two wickets with the ball. He defrauded RCB of crores.
Jack Fraser McGurk was retained by DC by paying Rs 9 crore. He scored only 55 runs in 6 matches and due to this he was dropped. This year he remained unsold.
Ravichandran Ashwin was bought by CSK by paying a huge amount of Rs 9.75 crore. There was a lot of expectation from him in spin bowling and he took only 7 wickets in 9 matches. The season was bad for him and he retired from IPL.
Rinku Singh was retained by KKR by paying Rs 13 crores. In 13 matches, Rinku scored only 206 runs and her average was 29.42. He could not finish the matches properly. There will be a lot of expectations from him in the next season.
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