Big Name, No Game – The Five Biggest Flops of IPL 2025 | Cricket News-OxBig News Network

It has been a captivating 18th version on the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a number of drama, each, on and off the sector. The event resumed once more on the seventeenth of May after a 10-day hiatus attributable to political tensions between India and Pakistan. While the season has witnessed some memorable performances, there have been a couple of huge gamers who have not lived as much as their repute 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 celebrity might muster simply 48 runs in six innings at a strike fee of 97.95 earlier than a finger damage dominated him out of the event. Maxwell registered 4 single-digit scores and regarded all at sea towards 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 most costly participant in IPL Auction historical past! The LSG skipper, nevertheless, has did not 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 towards Chennai Super Kings. Pant’s sluggish fee of scoring has put monumental strain on the LSG middle-order and is without doubt 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 crucial prolific wicket-takers within the final 5 editions of the event. In truth, Shami was the very 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 taking part in 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 very best strike fee within the event amongst all batters who scored a minimal of 100 runs! 

However, cricket is a superb leveller and Fraser-McGurk has learnt that the exhausting method 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 towards tempo this season with quick bowlers accounting for 5 of his six dismissals.

5. Rachin Ravindra (Chennai Super Kings)

IPL 2025 was speculated to be the massive breakthrough season for Rachin Ravindra – the T20 batter. Unfortunately, the New Zealand star would want to attend just a little longer after a disappointing season with the bat for Chennai Super Kings. Ravindra had an combination 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 towards Mumbai Indians at Chepauk, the left-hander had nothing a lot to jot down residence 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 towards tempo this season scoring 107 runs off 87 balls at a mean of 21.4 and strike fee of 123 towards the quick bowlers.