IPL: All-time flop XI in the tournament history

11. Ishant Sharma

Prior to getting whacked by James Faulkner in a home ODI series in 2013 against Australia, Ishant was always in the white-ball reckoning for team India. Perhaps by being the regular pacer in the Indian team, his IPL stock was also reasonably in demand. The speedster in the inaugural IPL edition represented KKR, wherein in his 13 matches, he scalped 8 wickets. Overall with his three-year stint with KKR, Ishant played a total of 31 IPL games and took 26 wickets, bowling at an economy of 8.

In the 2011 auction, the pacer was bagged by Deccan Charges and in his 12 games, Ishant considerably picked 11 wickets at an economy of around 7. The pacer from 2013 IPL till 2015 represented the SRH franchise and aggregately took 19 wickets from his 23 games. After 2015, came a dramatic downhill in his IPL career as until IPL 2019 he only played 10 games. The cricketer while playing for Delhi Capitals in 2019 capped 13 wickets from his 13 games.

Overall, in his arduous IPL career, Ishant has in total played for seven IPL teams. Since 2008, he has played a tally of 90 IPL games and has capped 72 wickets. However, by having such an unstable journey, rather than declaring him as a flop entity, there actually has been enough resurgence to see him have a prolonged yet fruitful IPL career.