Large Title, No Sport – The 5 Largest Flops of IPL 2025

It has been a captivating 18th version on the Indian Premier League (IPL) with numerous drama, each, on and off the sphere. The match resumed once more on the seventeenth of May after a 10-day hiatus as a consequence of political tensions between India and Pakistan. While the season has witnessed some memorable performances, there have been just a few huge gamers who have not lived as much as their status and failed miserably this yr. From Rishabh Pant to Glenn Maxwell to Jake Fraser-McGurk, from Mohammed Shami to Rachin Ravindra – we glance at 5 stars who have not fairly twinkled on this version.

1. Glenn Maxwell (Punjab Kings)

Glenn Maxwell’s IPL inventory took a giant hit and continued to spiral down for a second successive season after the Australian T20 famous person may muster simply 48 runs in six innings at a strike fee of 97.95 earlier than a finger damage dominated him out of the match. Maxwell registered 4 single-digit scores and regarded all at sea in opposition to the spinners this season – he scored simply 30 runs off 29 deliveries getting dismissed 5 out of 6 instances by the slower bowlers. 

Maxwell had a horrendous run in IPL 2024 too, scoring simply 52 runs in 9 innings at a paltry common of 5.77 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. A change in franchise didn’t change the fortunes of the Australian all-rounder. 

2. Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants)

Rishabh Pant was purchased by Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping INR 27 crore making him the costliest participant in IPL Auction historical past! The LSG skipper, nonetheless, has didn’t ship and been a patch of the T20 batter he was between 2017-2019 – his peak within the IPL. Pant has managed to attain simply 128 runs in 11 matches at a surprising strike fee of 99.22 – it’s the lowest strike fee amongst the 67 batters who’ve scored a minimal of 100 runs within the season! 

Pant has registered 6 single-digit scores this season whereas additionally failing in two different outings. He has produced only one substantial knock (63 off 49 balls) – that too in a shedding trigger in opposition to Chennai Super Kings. Pant’s sluggish fee of scoring has put huge strain on the LSG middle-order and is likely one of the prime causes for his or her reversal of fortunes after a blistering begin to the season.

3. Mohammed Shami (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Mohammed Shami has been an IPL nice and one of the vital prolific wicket-takers within the final 5 editions of the match. In reality, Shami was the best wicket-taker within the IPL between 2019 and 2023 and bagged a complete of 106 wickets in 75 outings at a sensational strike fee of 16.2 in these 5 seasons.

Shami’s dramatic drop in kind in IPL 2025 has been one of many main causes for the poor exhibiting by his new franchise – Sunrisers Hyderabad – the finalists from final season. The veteran Indian pacer has simply picked 6 wickets in 9 matches at a mean of 56.17 within the competitors whereas additionally being very costly – Shami has been hit across the park and has an financial system fee of 11.23 runs per over. The pacer has been so under-par that he was dropped from the SRH enjoying XI for a few matches.

4. Jake Fraser-McGurk (Delhi Capitals)

Jake Fraser McGurk was one of many shining lights of the revolutionary IPL season final yr when he blasted 330 runs in simply 9 innings at a startling strike fee of 234.04 – it was the best strike fee within the match amongst all batters who scored a minimal of 100 runs! 

However, cricket is a good leveller and Fraser-McGurk has learnt that the laborious manner in IPL 2025. He mustered simply 55 runs in six innings at a strike fee of 105.76 for the Delhi Capitals earlier than being dropped from the XI. Interestingly, the younger Australian sensation struggled in opposition to tempo this season with quick bowlers accounting for 5 of his six dismissals.

5. Rachin Ravindra (Chennai Super Kings)

IPL 2025 was imagined to be the massive breakthrough season for Rachin Ravindra – the T20 batter. Unfortunately, the New Zealand star would wish to attend just a little longer after a disappointing season with the bat for Chennai Super Kings. Ravindra had an mixture of simply 191 runs in 8 innings with only one fifty-plus rating to his credit score. With the exception of his unbeaten 65 off 45 deliveries in CSK’s opening encounter in opposition to Mumbai Indians at Chepauk, the left-hander had nothing a lot to write down dwelling about. 

Ravindra had outright failures in 4 innings whereas failing to transform his begins into important scores in three others. Interestingly, Ravindra had his troubles in opposition to tempo this season scoring 107 runs off 87 balls at a mean of 21.4 and strike fee of 123 in opposition to the quick bowlers.