Hardik Pandya captain; Rahane, Nortje included: Flop XI of IPL 2024

38 runs in 7 innings at an average of 5.43, it was as sorry a season as it could get for a player and Devdutt Padikkal would hope that he would forget this as soon as he can

Ajinkya Rahane looked like a shadow of the player he was last season for the Chennai Super Kings. His highest of the season was 45 and the strike rate came down from 172 to 123

111 runs at an average of 22 and a highest of 38* for Liam Livingstone probably reflected Punjab Kings' struggles with their overseas contingent in IPL 2024

52 runs in 9 matches, it can be easily said that Glenn Maxwell had a really poor season with the bat. Maxwell did better with the ball than bat but how he played in a virtual knockout against CSK keeps him in good stead for the playoffs for RCB

Hardik Pandya had a horror season, to say the least as a captain and a player! Obviously, the off-field stuff affected his performance but 216 runs at an average of 18 and 11 wickets at an economy of 10.75 don't really do justice to his talent

Jitesh Sharma showed what he can do in the last game of the season as captain of Punjab Kings but ultimately it was a disastrous season for the wicketkeeper-batter, who was once in the running to be in India's T20 World Cup squad. He scored just 187 runs in the season as his strike rate came down from 156 to 132

168 runs at an average of 18.67, Rinku Singh's season was a victim of not getting enough balls and trying to hit from ball one and getting out multiple times

133 runs with the bat and just 6 wickets with the ball after playing all 14 games? Krunal Pandya is definitely a better player than what those numbers show

R Ashwin has had a strange year with Rajasthan Royals. He has picked just eight wickets but he usually isn't a huge wicket-taker in the IPL but he hasn't been able to stem the run-flow as well. Multiple times, Ashwin's final over has been the game-changer especially while defending a score

Deepak Chahar, another season riddled with injuries and the CSK pacer wasn't at his best, taking just five wickets in eight matches

Mitchell Starc has shown a glimpse of the world beater he is in international cricket here and there in the ongoing IPL season but more often than not, he hasn't been as trusted as the Indian pacers by skipper Shreyas Iyer for KKR as he has leaked runs at an economy of 11-plus

Economy of 13.36, just 7 wickets and multiple times his final over became decisive as Anrich Nortje in his comeback season after a long layoff, just didn't look himself at all