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"Don't Deserve Crores" Sunny G Slams Uncapped Players Picking IPL Over Domestic Cricket

Akshita Patel

Sunil Gavaskar slams IPL 2025 uncapped players [Source: @vijayan38151, BCCI/X.com]Sunil Gavaskar slams IPL 2025 uncapped players [Source: @vijayan38151, BCCI/X.com]

Former Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has criticised a growing trend in the IPL, where uncapped players are making huge money without proving themselves in domestic cricket. In his column for Sportstar, Gavaskar questioned why many of these players earn crores despite doing little to deserve it. 

The IPL 2025 season recently concluded with RCB being declared first-time champions. In this year, plenty of uncapped players like Shashank Singh, Suyash Sharma, and many more excelled.

However, former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has criticised those players, mainly for prioritising the franchise league.

Sunil Gavaskar Unimpressed With IPL Uncapped Players 

In his latest column with Sportstar, Sunil Gavaskar pointed out that while IPL some franchises take risks on young talent, it often comes down to luck rather than performance.  

“The argument that it is market forces is not really valid, for more often than not, it is sheer good fortune as some franchises want to take a punt with young talent. Have a look at the uncapped crorepatis throughout the IPL, and you will find that very few have gone on to do big things for India. It’s their good luck that has made them the crores that they actually don’t deserve,” Gavaskar wrote.

He mentioned players like Rasikh Dar, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dhir, and others who got big IPL contracts but haven't shown much in India’s top-level cricket. Gavaskar was also worried about players simulating injuries or missing domestic competitions such as the Ranji Trophy in order to keep themselves fit for IPL.

“The BCCI has increased the match fees in recent times, and that’s very good, but if they add the slab system of fees whereby those who play more matches get more, then that would make more players turn up for the Ranji Trophy instead of feigning injury just a month or so before the IPL starts so that they don’t get injured and miss out on the IPL,” he added.

To enhance the situation, he proposed increasing match fees for home players further by the BCCI and implementing a slab system that would reward players playing more matches. He also suggested greater incentives for teams making it to the knockout stages of domestic tournaments.