By Mishaal Mubarak
A moment is chewed next. Strong decline. Goliaths are massacred. And the heroes become NPC. C’est la vie. Life is an extra cruel in IPL, where a moment of trembling is quickly hit by the grace of grace. There is a list of players who haven’t fired yet this season, but the clock is passing and the critics are breathing their necks.
In most cases, in all justice, the sample size is still very small to draw brave conclusions. Nevertheless, the belief that the great name players should fail is a belief that we all have with silent belief. Nobody says that loudly. Nobody gives points to defend. But everyone wants to remain as the utopian, other world characters that we know and love.
There are only a few types of pressure existing in IPL. One for players who change franchise. One for those who receive juicy offers. And for the stars known to have set the stage before, but now he has lost his sparks somewhere. Rishabh Pant’s three boxes ticks, which means that the pressure on it hit a treble this season.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) stole it for 27 Inr Crore and bought it most expensive in the history of IPL. Last season, it was a monster with an average strike rate of 40.5 to the north of 155. This year, the average took a nose to reach 4.75 in five games. Of course, the pants had never had a white ball. And it rarely found a consistent place on the limited side of India. However, the Mega salary day from LSG exploded into the center of the stage, so inflating their struggles.
A different situation for Rohit. Lean patch is not limited to IPL. Last year, an average of 24.75 in the test jack. Although the right tone set up early in the Champions Cup for India, it did not stay for a long time for the Great Inning, it prevented the 76 condition in the final. The ordinary run continues in IPL. He made four shots and still did not even cross 20 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Rashid Khan doesn’t feel right to see it on this list. Such clubs are not his cup tea. However, in IPL (not only this season), he rarely received the fear that he was very accustomed to drawing his opposition. In 2025, an average crying ball from the average of the last season (36.7) is 53.75, which is considered as a figure clinically as a melon as Rashid. He has accepted 14 six so far. Considering the maximum of 20 last season, this number plays extra.
The same Pat Cummins Bowling and the leading Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), which we have known for years, are not. He only took four small doors and accepted 226 runs in six games. This is 56.5 for each small door. Expensive, to tell lightly. But the misfortune for Cummins is not just a beating form. Although he was one of the favorites who came to the tournament, his team did not perform very well this season.
