After the end of Indian Premier League 2024, all the teams are eyeing for the next season i.e. IPL 2025. The first mega auction of IPL 2025 can be organized by the IPL Governing Council and BCCI. If media reports are to be believed, many important meetings have also been held between the team management and the governing council for this.
Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, it is being reported that it is difficult for many big players to get a chance in this auction. For this reason, all the supporters of IPL and cricket are looking very disappointed. It is being said that if these players remain unsold in the IPL 2025 auction, then the excitement of the game will reduce.
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3 Players Who Might Go Unsold in the IPL 2025
1) Steve Smith
Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith has not been able to become a part of any team since the last few IPL auctions. For this reason, the news is coming that he is likely to remain unsold in the IPL 2025 auction. He has scored 2485 runs in 103 matches played in his career at an average of 34.51 and a strike rate of 128.09.
2) Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan, one of India’s most aggressive batsmen, is a part of the Punjab Kings team in the IPL. But his performance has been very disappointing for the last few years and along with this, due to poor fitness, he was out of the squad due to continuous injury in the season. That is why the news is coming about him that before the IPL 2025 auction, he can be shown the way out by the Punjab management. Along with this, no team will bid on him in the auction. He has scored 6769 runs in 222 IPL matches at an average of 35.26 and a strike rate of 127.14.
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3) Joe Root
Joe Root, one of the most aggressive batsmen of the England cricket team is going to remain unsold in IPL 2025 auction. He was made a part of the squad by the Rajasthan management in the 2023 auction and in this season he was given opportunities in only 3 matches. During this, he scored only 10 runs and after that he was not made a part of the playing 11.