IPL 2025: Flop combined XI of the season

Some players just couldn't live up to the anticipation or their high price tags for each hero this season. The disappointment was felt in every department, from errant bowlers and middle-order batsmen to misfiring openers. Let’s make an XI of the people who failed to make an impact this season.

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Openers: Quinton de Kock and Rachin Ravindra

Ravindra (8 matches) only managed 191 runs at 27.29, with a single fifty (65*), despite a respectable start at a poor strike rate of 128.19. The South African batsman-wicketkeeper's season with the Kolkata Knight Riders was lacklustre, scoring only 143 runs at a poor average of 23.83.

Middle Order: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Venkatesh Iyer & Nitish Kumar Reddy. 

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The LSG skipper saved his best for last, but his cost was not justified by the only 269 runs he scored in 13 innings at an average of 24.45. In the same vein, Venkatesh Iyer did not consistently make an impression despite a single fifty. He scored 142 runs at 20.29 in 11 games and a strike rate of 139.22. In 11 innings, the Hyderabad right-hander has amassed 182 runs at an average of 22.75. He did not bowl much as well.

All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Liam Livingstone & Rashid Khan

Maxwell's IPL season was arguably the worst. 48 runs at a strike rate of 97.96 and an average of 8.00 in 7 innings. At an economy rate of 8.46, he also took four wickets. Livingstone's typical explosive self was only a shell of his former self. His all-round skills have only yielded two wickets and 87 runs at 17.40 (SR 127.94) in 7 games. Rashid had a terrible season as well, taking only nine wickets with an average of 57.11

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Bowlers: Mohammad Shami, Deepak Chahar & R Ashwin

Mohammed Shami, in nine games, took only six wickets at an average of 56.16. Deepak Chahar was sold for Rs 9.25 crore, but he went wicketless in most games and took just 11 wickets in 14 games. R Ashwin had a homecoming season, but he only took seven wickets in nine innings, disappointing the team and its supporters.

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