The Indian Premier League (IPL) has come to an end for the 2018 season. As the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifted the trophy for the third time, we were treated to some sensational all-round cricket all through in this edition of the tournament. Spectacular batting, scorching bowling and mind-boggling catches, nail-biting games and crunch finishes we witnessed it all.

More often than not, team managements in the IPL rely on a player&#8217;s recent performances before bringing him on board for the season. While some of these players are able to carry on their form into the cricketing extravaganza, a few of them aren&#8217;t just as fortunate. Here&#8217;s a look at 5 players who impressed elsewhere ahead of IPL 2018 but failed miserably in the tournament.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-213235" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Colin-Munro-batting.jpg" alt="Colin Munro batting" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-213235" class="wp-caption-text">Colin Munro. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Hampshire may have signed on Colin Munro for the upcoming T20 Blast but his performance in the IPL 2018 was largely forgettable for the otherwise fiery batsman. Munro was signed on by the Delhi Daredevils (DD) following his unbelievable form in the T20 format for New Zealand. In January 2018, he became the first cricketer to score three centuries in T20Is.

However, Munro was well below average in the IPL. Firstly, he was under-exploited by his side and was given only 5 matches to play in the entire tournament following DD&#8217;s miserable outing in the tournament. The 31-year-old failed to impress as he mustered merely 63 runs at a dismal average of 12.60 in the season. His highest score of 33 runs off 18 balls was the only redeeming knock that he played against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-248398" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Alex-Hales.jpg" alt="Alex Hales of SRH" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-248398" class="wp-caption-text">Sunrisers Hyderabad Alex Hales. (Photo by IANS)</figcaption>

Alex Hales sports solid T20 figures with 4852 runs in the 180 T20s that he&#8217;s played in his career thus far. However, 2018 hasn&#8217;t exactly been his year. Be it the Pakistan Super League (PSL) or the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy earlier this year, his batting average had been hovering around 18-20 and didn&#8217;t improve much in the IPL either. Adding to his woes, Hales was benched for the first seven matches of the IPL, making it difficult for him to prove his worth.

Playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Hales made a successful IPL debut against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) as he opened the innings for his team and scored 45 runs off 39 balls. Unfortunately, the tournament went downhill for him from thereon as he only showed short-lived sparks of his true potential and ended up scoring only 148 runs in 6 games at an average of 24.67.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-246917" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Brendon-McCullum.jpg" alt="Brendon McCullum" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-246917" class="wp-caption-text">Brendon McCullum. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

In what can possibly be termed as the biggest let-down of the season, Kiwi star batsman Brendon McCullum royally disappointed the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team management for having invested their faith in him. Save his 43-run innings in RCB&#8217;s opening game against KKR, McCullum was only a shade of his true, feisty self and was an abject failure in the tournament.

As someone who has a healthy average of above 30 in the T20 format and is fondly remembered by all as the first man to hit a century in the history of the IPL, McCullum could only score 127 runs in the 6 games that he got to play in the 2018 edition of the IPL before he was shown the bench. Since he&#8217;d been entrusted with the responsibility of opening the innings for the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/virat-kohli-impressed-kumar-sangakkaras-sisters-clothing-line/" rel="noopener">Virat Kohli</a>-led side from the outset of the league, his failure acted as a serious roadblock to RCB&#8217;s chances of victory in more than one game.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-241666" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/DArcy-Short.jpg" alt="D'Arcy Short of Rajasthan Royals" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-241666" class="wp-caption-text">D&#8217;Arcy Short of Rajasthan Royals. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption>

Although Rajasthan Royals (RR) made it to the playoffs and fought tooth and nail to make it to the final stage of the tournament, the decision to keep giving D&#8217;Arcy Short innumerable second chances cost them heavily. Once again an under-used player, Short was expected by one and all to be the solution to RR&#8217;s top order woes as he&#8217;d already smashed 523 runs in just 9 games in the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/bbl-big-bash-league/" rel="noopener">Big Bash League (BBL)</a> before coming over to India.

But things didn&#8217;t quite go according to plan. In the 7 matches that he played for RR in IPL 2018, Short accrued a paltry total of 115 runs at a strike rate of 116.16, which is hardly sufficient in a tournament as ruthless and fast-paced as the IPL. His highlight innings of the season was against DD, where he scored 44 runs off 25 balls, with 2 boundaries and 4 sixes in the proceedings. Apart from that, the 27-year-old had a very average season.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-239301" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Glenn-Maxwell.jpg" alt="Glenn Maxwell of the Delhi Daredevils" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-239301" class="wp-caption-text">Glenn Maxwell of Delhi Daredevils. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption>

Australian batting firepower is embodied in Glenn Maxwell. Considering he&#8217;d been riding on the back of some sensational form from the BBL and the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy before coming in for the IPL, many had expected to witness fireworks from the 29-year-old&#8217;s bat. Unfortunately for DD who bought Maxwell for a whopping sum of INR 9 crores, it was not to be.

Earlier in 2018, Maxwell had scored 287 runs in 7 BBL games and followed it up with 233 runs in 5 matches in the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy that Australia eventually ended up winning. IPL, however, turned out to be a dampener for the Australian batting all-rounder as he amassed only 169 runs in 12 games at a poor average of 14.08 and managed to pick up only 5 scalps with the ball.

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) has come to an end for the 2018 season. As the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifted the trophy for the third time, we were treated to some sensational all-round cricket all through in this edition of the tournament. Spectacular batting, scorching bowling and mind-boggling catches, nail-biting games and crunch finishes we witnessed it all.
More often than not, team managements in the IPL rely on a player’s recent performances before bringing him on board for the season. While some of these players are able to carry on their form into the cricketing extravaganza, a few of them aren’t just as fortunate. Here’s a look at 5 players who impressed elsewhere ahead of IPL 2018 but failed miserably in the tournament.
<h3>1. Colin Munro</h3>
<figure id="attachment_213235" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-213235" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-213235" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Colin-Munro-batting.jpg" alt="Colin Munro batting" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-213235" class="wp-caption-text">Colin Munro. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Hampshire may have signed on Colin Munro for the upcoming T20 Blast but his performance in the IPL 2018 was largely forgettable for the otherwise fiery batsman. Munro was signed on by the Delhi Daredevils (DD) following his unbelievable form in the T20 format for New Zealand. In January 2018, he became the first cricketer to score three centuries in T20Is.
However, Munro was well below average in the IPL. Firstly, he was under-exploited by his side and was given only 5 matches to play in the entire tournament following DD’s miserable outing in the tournament. The 31-year-old failed to impress as he mustered merely 63 runs at a dismal average of 12.60 in the season. His highest score of 33 runs off 18 balls was the only redeeming knock that he played against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
<h3>2. Alex Hales</h3>
<figure id="attachment_248398" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-248398" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-248398" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Alex-Hales.jpg" alt="Alex Hales of SRH" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-248398" class="wp-caption-text">Sunrisers Hyderabad Alex Hales. (Photo by IANS)</figcaption></figure>
Alex Hales sports solid T20 figures with 4852 runs in the 180 T20s that he’s played in his career thus far. However, 2018 hasn’t exactly been his year. Be it the Pakistan Super League (PSL) or the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy earlier this year, his batting average had been hovering around 18-20 and didn’t improve much in the IPL either. Adding to his woes, Hales was benched for the first seven matches of the IPL, making it difficult for him to prove his worth.
Playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Hales made a successful IPL debut against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) as he opened the innings for his team and scored 45 runs off 39 balls. Unfortunately, the tournament went downhill for him from thereon as he only showed short-lived sparks of his true potential and ended up scoring only 148 runs in 6 games at an average of 24.67.
<h3>3. Brendon McCullum</h3>
<figure id="attachment_246917" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-246917" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-246917" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Brendon-McCullum.jpg" alt="Brendon McCullum" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-246917" class="wp-caption-text">Brendon McCullum. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
In what can possibly be termed as the biggest let-down of the season, Kiwi star batsman Brendon McCullum royally disappointed the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team management for having invested their faith in him. Save his 43-run innings in RCB’s opening game against KKR, McCullum was only a shade of his true, feisty self and was an abject failure in the tournament.
As someone who has a healthy average of above 30 in the T20 format and is fondly remembered by all as the first man to hit a century in the history of the IPL, McCullum could only score 127 runs in the 6 games that he got to play in the 2018 edition of the IPL before he was shown the bench. Since he’d been entrusted with the responsibility of opening the innings for the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/virat-kohli-impressed-kumar-sangakkaras-sisters-clothing-line/" rel="noopener">Virat Kohli</a>-led side from the outset of the league, his failure acted as a serious roadblock to RCB’s chances of victory in more than one game.
<h3>4. D’Arcy Short</h3>
<figure id="attachment_241666" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-241666" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-241666" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/DArcy-Short.jpg" alt="D'Arcy Short of Rajasthan Royals" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-241666" class="wp-caption-text">D’Arcy Short of Rajasthan Royals. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
Although Rajasthan Royals (RR) made it to the playoffs and fought tooth and nail to make it to the final stage of the tournament, the decision to keep giving D’Arcy Short innumerable second chances cost them heavily. Once again an under-used player, Short was expected by one and all to be the solution to RR’s top order woes as he’d already smashed 523 runs in just 9 games in the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/bbl-big-bash-league/" rel="noopener">Big Bash League (BBL)</a> before coming over to India.
But things didn’t quite go according to plan. In the 7 matches that he played for RR in IPL 2018, Short accrued a paltry total of 115 runs at a strike rate of 116.16, which is hardly sufficient in a tournament as ruthless and fast-paced as the IPL. His highlight innings of the season was against DD, where he scored 44 runs off 25 balls, with 2 boundaries and 4 sixes in the proceedings. Apart from that, the 27-year-old had a very average season.
<h3>5. Glenn Maxwell</h3>
<figure id="attachment_239301" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-239301" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-239301" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Glenn-Maxwell.jpg" alt="Glenn Maxwell of the Delhi Daredevils" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-239301" class="wp-caption-text">Glenn Maxwell of Delhi Daredevils. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
Australian batting firepower is embodied in Glenn Maxwell. Considering he’d been riding on the back of some sensational form from the BBL and the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy before coming in for the IPL, many had expected to witness fireworks from the 29-year-old’s bat. Unfortunately for DD who bought Maxwell for a whopping sum of INR 9 crores, it was not to be.
Earlier in 2018, Maxwell had scored 287 runs in 7 BBL games and followed it up with 233 runs in 5 matches in the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy that Australia eventually ended up winning. IPL, however, turned out to be a dampener for the Australian batting all-rounder as he amassed only 169 runs in 12 games at a poor average of 14.08 and managed to pick up only 5 scalps with the ball.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) has come to an end for the 2018 season. As the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifted the trophy for the third time, we were treated to some sensational all-round cricket all through in this edition of the tournament. Spectacular batting, scorching bowling and mind-boggling catches, nail-biting games and crunch finishes we witnessed it all.
More often than not, team managements in the IPL rely on a player&#8217;s recent performances before bringing him on board for the season. While some of these players are able to carry on their form into the cricketing extravaganza, a few of them aren&#8217;t just as fortunate. Here&#8217;s a look at 5 players who impressed elsewhere ahead of IPL 2018 but failed miserably in the tournament.
<h3>1. Colin Munro</h3>
<figure id="attachment_213235" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-213235" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-213235" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Colin-Munro-batting.jpg" alt="Colin Munro batting" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-213235" class="wp-caption-text">Colin Munro. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Hampshire may have signed on Colin Munro for the upcoming T20 Blast but his performance in the IPL 2018 was largely forgettable for the otherwise fiery batsman. Munro was signed on by the Delhi Daredevils (DD) following his unbelievable form in the T20 format for New Zealand. In January 2018, he became the first cricketer to score three centuries in T20Is.
However, Munro was well below average in the IPL. Firstly, he was under-exploited by his side and was given only 5 matches to play in the entire tournament following DD&#8217;s miserable outing in the tournament. The 31-year-old failed to impress as he mustered merely 63 runs at a dismal average of 12.60 in the season. His highest score of 33 runs off 18 balls was the only redeeming knock that he played against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
<h3>2. Alex Hales</h3>
<figure id="attachment_248398" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-248398" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-248398" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Alex-Hales.jpg" alt="Alex Hales of SRH" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-248398" class="wp-caption-text">Sunrisers Hyderabad Alex Hales. (Photo by IANS)</figcaption></figure>
Alex Hales sports solid T20 figures with 4852 runs in the 180 T20s that he&#8217;s played in his career thus far. However, 2018 hasn&#8217;t exactly been his year. Be it the Pakistan Super League (PSL) or the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy earlier this year, his batting average had been hovering around 18-20 and didn&#8217;t improve much in the IPL either. Adding to his woes, Hales was benched for the first seven matches of the IPL, making it difficult for him to prove his worth.
Playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Hales made a successful IPL debut against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) as he opened the innings for his team and scored 45 runs off 39 balls. Unfortunately, the tournament went downhill for him from thereon as he only showed short-lived sparks of his true potential and ended up scoring only 148 runs in 6 games at an average of 24.67.
<h3>3. Brendon McCullum</h3>
<figure id="attachment_246917" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-246917" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-246917" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Brendon-McCullum.jpg" alt="Brendon McCullum" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-246917" class="wp-caption-text">Brendon McCullum. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
In what can possibly be termed as the biggest let-down of the season, Kiwi star batsman Brendon McCullum royally disappointed the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team management for having invested their faith in him. Save his 43-run innings in RCB&#8217;s opening game against KKR, McCullum was only a shade of his true, feisty self and was an abject failure in the tournament.
As someone who has a healthy average of above 30 in the T20 format and is fondly remembered by all as the first man to hit a century in the history of the IPL, McCullum could only score 127 runs in the 6 games that he got to play in the 2018 edition of the IPL before he was shown the bench. Since he&#8217;d been entrusted with the responsibility of opening the innings for the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/virat-kohli-impressed-kumar-sangakkaras-sisters-clothing-line/" rel="noopener">Virat Kohli</a>-led side from the outset of the league, his failure acted as a serious roadblock to RCB&#8217;s chances of victory in more than one game.
<h3>4. D&#8217;Arcy Short</h3>
<figure id="attachment_241666" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-241666" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-241666" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/DArcy-Short.jpg" alt="D'Arcy Short of Rajasthan Royals" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-241666" class="wp-caption-text">D&#8217;Arcy Short of Rajasthan Royals. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
Although Rajasthan Royals (RR) made it to the playoffs and fought tooth and nail to make it to the final stage of the tournament, the decision to keep giving D&#8217;Arcy Short innumerable second chances cost them heavily. Once again an under-used player, Short was expected by one and all to be the solution to RR&#8217;s top order woes as he&#8217;d already smashed 523 runs in just 9 games in the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/bbl-big-bash-league/" rel="noopener">Big Bash League (BBL)</a> before coming over to India.
But things didn&#8217;t quite go according to plan. In the 7 matches that he played for RR in IPL 2018, Short accrued a paltry total of 115 runs at a strike rate of 116.16, which is hardly sufficient in a tournament as ruthless and fast-paced as the IPL. His highlight innings of the season was against DD, where he scored 44 runs off 25 balls, with 2 boundaries and 4 sixes in the proceedings. Apart from that, the 27-year-old had a very average season.
<h3>5. Glenn Maxwell</h3>
<figure id="attachment_239301" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-239301" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-239301" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Glenn-Maxwell.jpg" alt="Glenn Maxwell of the Delhi Daredevils" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-239301" class="wp-caption-text">Glenn Maxwell of Delhi Daredevils. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
Australian batting firepower is embodied in Glenn Maxwell. Considering he&#8217;d been riding on the back of some sensational form from the BBL and the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy before coming in for the IPL, many had expected to witness fireworks from the 29-year-old&#8217;s bat. Unfortunately for DD who bought Maxwell for a whopping sum of INR 9 crores, it was not to be.
Earlier in 2018, Maxwell had scored 287 runs in 7 BBL games and followed it up with 233 runs in 5 matches in the Trans-Tasman T20 Trophy that Australia eventually ended up winning. IPL, however, turned out to be a dampener for the Australian batting all-rounder as he amassed only 169 runs in 12 games at a poor average of 14.08 and managed to pick up only 5 scalps with the ball.
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While some of these players are able to continue their good form in the cricketing extravaganza called the IPL, a few of them aren't just as fortunate.

5 players who impressed elsewhere but failed in the IPL this year

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has officially come to an end for the 2018 season. As the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifted the trophy for