How Have 5 Most Expensive IPL 2025 Mega-Auction Buys Performed After Round 1?

Rishabh pant - (Source:@LSGFans/X.com)

On Tuesday, March 25,  Punjab Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 25 runs to conclude round one of IPL 2025. Now all teams have played one game each and SRH are on top of the table after mammoth win over Rajasthan Royals. Meanwhile, the Royals are placed last.

In the past three days, several underrated stars rose to fame and took the world by storm. Meanwhile, stars like Venkatesh Iyer, who were bought for heavy bucks in the mega-auction, failed to justify their price tag. 

Talking about players sold for big money, this article will look at how the five-highest paid players at the IPL 2025 mega-auction performed in round 1. Firstly, lets look at who were the five-highest paid players in IPL 2025 mega-auction. 

How Did These Players Perform

1.Rishabh Pant - Poor

Rishabh Pant, who is the most-expensive player in IPL history, had a poor start to the tournament as he registered a duck in his debut game for Lucknow Super Giants. LSG locked horns against DC, where Pant scored a six-ball duck, which is also his slowest duck in the history of the league. 

Further, Pant also had an off day as a keeper as he missed an important stumping in the last over of the match, that resulted in a defeat against the Capitals. 

2. Shreyas Iyer - Great

Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by PBKS for 26.75 crores, had a great week with the bat as PBKS captain nearly smashed a century on his captaincy debut. PBKS locked horns against Gujarat Titans, where Iyer was stranded on unbeaten 97 runs. His knock featured 5 fours and nine sixes. 

Further, he also had a great day as a captain and his decision to bring in Vijaykumar Vyshak worked like wonders and it helped PBKS register a 11 runs win. 

3.Venkatesh Iyer - Poor

Venkatesh Iyer failed to justify his price tag as he couldn't score big against RCB in the opening match of IPL 2025. Iyer registered just 6 (7), which featured a solitary four. 

Further, Iyer didn't even get to roll his arms against RCB and it resulted in an embarrassing defeat against the Challengers . 

4. Arshdeep Singh - Average

Arshdeep Singh had an average performance for the Punjab Kings as he took 2 wickets in his four overs against Gujarat Titans and gave away 36 runs. Further, he bowled at an economy of 9.00, the best among Punjab Kings' bowlers. 

5.Yuzvendra Chahal - Poor

In a rare event, Chahal had an off-day as he went wicketless and neither was able to complete his quota of four overs against Gujarat Titans, a event that doesn't occur regularly. Chahal registered an embarrassing figures of 34/0 in his three overs. 

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