Crores Paid, Zero Played: 5 Indian IPL Giants Flop in 2025
The IPL 2025 season has turned into a nightmare for fans and franchises alike as five of India’s biggest cricket stars, commanding crores at the auction, have delivered a collective goose egg on the field. Once hailed as game-changers, these high-profile players are now under fire for their dismal performances, leaving teams and supporters stunned.
Many Indian players got crores of rupees in IPL 2025, but their performance has been very poor so far. In a way, it can be said that there are crores of rupees in the account, but the performance is zero. These include the names of Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant.
Players worth crores, but returns are zero
The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going on. Many Indian players got huge deals in this season's mega auction and during retention before the auction. Among them, there are 5 players who got Rs 13 crore or more, but their performance this season has been mediocre. These include the names of stars like Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma. Know about them.
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27 crores in account and only 17 runs
In the IPL 2025 mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants added Rishabh Pant to their team by making the biggest bid in the history of the tournament. LSG spent Rs 27 crore for him, but he has been able to score only 17 runs in three matches so far. He scored zero in the first match, 15 in the second and just 2 runs in the third. As a captain, he has lost 2 matches.
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23.75 crores in account, only 9 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore. KKR did not retain him during the retention, but placed the biggest bid in its history for him in the mega auction. However, he has been able to score only 9 runs in two innings of three matches. He scored 6 runs in the first match, did not get to bat in the second and scored 3 runs in the third.
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16.30 crores in the account, but scored only 21 runs
Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma got Rs 16 crore 30 lakh as the first retention of this season's mega auction. However, his performance has been very poor. He did not open his account in the first match, scored 8 runs in the second match and scored only 13 runs in the third match. He has been able to score a total of 21 runs in three matches.
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13 crores in the account, but scored 29 runs so far
Rinku Singh was playing in IPL for just lakhs of rupees till now, but he got Rs 13 crore from KKR in the retention of IPL 2025. When he was playing for lakhs, he was doing the work of players worth crores, but now his form is bad. He has been able to score 29 runs in 2 innings of 3 matches. He has scored 12 runs in one match and 17 runs in another match.
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There are 18 crores in the account, but only 34 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal was retained by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 18 crore. However, he has scored only 34 runs in three matches of IPL 2025. In the first match, he was able to score only 1 run. He did score 29 in the second match, but in the next match he was again out for 4 runs.
