There is a saying, ‘Once expensive cried, cheap crying again and again.’ This means that buying expensive things will be disturbed only once. But he will regret by purchasing cheap goods and he will have to get upset again and again. However, in IPL 2025 it has proved to be absolutely wrong. In the 18th season, this saying is being completely reversed. This time cheap players have set fire to their performance, while expensive and renowned players are proving to be laggards. On the basis of the performance so far, we can say that ‘Don’t cry cheap this time, weep again and again’. But why are we saying this? Let us tell you.
These expensive players flop, wasted 98 crores?
Money was rained in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Many players spoke fiercely and they sold at a very expensive price. At the same time, 10 franchises of IPL expressed confidence and retained some players by paying crores of rupees before the mega auction. But all these players are still flopped. The first name in this comes from Rishabh Pant, who broke all records and became the most expensive player in IPL history with a bid of 27 crores. He has scored just 15 runs by playing 21 balls in 2 matches for Lucknow Super Giants.
At the same time, Venkatesh Iyer, the third most expensive player of this season, has the same condition. Kolkata Knight Riders had bid 23.75 crores for him, but so far he has been able to score only 9 runs by playing 16 balls in 3 matches. Former Mumbai Indians captain and veteran Rohit Sharma has also disappointed a lot. Rohit was retained for 16.30 crores and he has scored 21 runs in 20 balls in 3 innings of this season.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who played for Rajasthan Royals, was retained for 18 crores, but he has also flopped completely and has scored 34 runs in 3 innings. KKR’s Dhakad player Rinku Singh is also not seen in color and has been able to score only 29 runs in 3 matches. He was retained for 13 crores. The total cost of these players is 98.05 crores, but by looking at the performance, it can be said that these money has been wasted.
Permanent performance of cheap players
On one hand, expensive players are flopping badly. On the other hand, cheap players have created panic in IPL 2025 with their performance. First of all, let’s talk about Left Arm Pesar Ashwini Kumar playing for Mumbai Indians at a price of just Rs 30 lakh. He performed a record -breaking debut against KKR on IPL debut. Ashwini took 4 wickets in his first match and became the first Indian player to do so in this tournament.
Before him, 23 years spinner Vignesh Puthur, who was playing for Mumbai Indians at a price of 30 lakhs, had taken 3 wickets by making IPL debut against Chennai Super Kings and has taken 4 wickets in 2 matches. At the same price, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s right -handed batsman Aniket Verma recently saved his team’s shame and has hit 117 runs in 3 matches. Delhi Capitals included Vipraj Corporation in their team for Rs 50 lakh.
He overturned the match against Lucknow with a stormy innings and played an important role in winning. He has taken 1 wicket with 39 runs in 2 matches. Apart from this, Shardul Thakur, who joined Lucknow Super Giants at a base price of 2 crores, won a match on his own. He has taken 6 wickets after playing 2 matches in this tournament and remains in the race of Purple Cap. After comparing cheap and expensive players, it can be said about IPL 2025 that ‘do not cry cheap, this time, weep again and again.’