Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh Iyer Shamed Publicly After Being Picked In 'IPL 2025 Frauds And Scammers Team'
Published - 06 May 2025, 12:21 PM | Updated - 06 May 2025, 03:25 PM
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Several big names have failed to live up to expectations in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. Two such players are Rishabh Pant and Venkatesh Iyer.
Expectations were sky high from the duo after they became two of the costliest players in the last auction. Lucknow Super Giants went all out for Rishabh Pant and made him the costliest player in the history of the IPL. They secured the services of the wicketkeeper-batsman for a whopping INR 27 crore.
Pant and Venkatesh have had a forgettable season
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders also showed the same zeal to re-sign Iyer. They decided against going big for the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Phil Salt but went all out for the left-handed batsman. In the end, the reigning champions signed him up for INR 23.75 crore.
However, neither Rishabh Pant nor Iyer has managed to justify the huge price tag so far. Pant is leading Lthe ucknow Super Giants this season and has failed to make any impact whatsoever. In 11 games so far, he has managed to score only 128 runs at a strike-rate of less than 100 and an average of 13.
Iyer's performance this season has not been up to the mark either. In 11 games, the Knight Riders batter has scored 142 runs at a strike rate of 139.22, with one fifty-plus score.
Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh Iyer In Unwanted List:
With neither Rishabh Pant nor Venkatesh Iyer managing to do well this season, they have been included in the "IPL 2025 frauds and scammers team" by Iceland Cricket's social media handle. For those who don't knock, Iceland Cricket's official X handle has earned a reputation of trolling cricketers with their blunt takes.
With the IPL underway, they recently picked a playing XI and an impact player and called it the "IPL 2025 frauds and scammers team".
The team has 5 players from Chennai Super Kings, 2 from Sunrisers Hyderabad and 1 each from Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants.
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Iceland Cricket roasts IPL players
Both Pant and Iyer were named in the team with the former also named as the captain and wicketkeeper.
Taking to X, Iceland Cricket wrote: "On a rain day in Reyjavík, we give you our IPL 2025 frauds and scammers team: R Tripathi, R Ravindra, I Kishan, R Pant (c & wk), V Iyer, G Maxwell, L Livingstone, D Hooda, R Ashwin, M Pathirana, M Shami; No impact player: M Kumar."
On a rain day in Reyjavík, we give you our IPL 2025 frauds and scammers team:
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) May 5, 2025
R Tripathi
R Ravindra
I Kishan
R Pant (c & wk)
V Iyer
G Maxwell
L Livingstone
D Hooda
R Ashwin
M Pathirana
M Shami
No impact player: M Kumar
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