Pant Off to a Fiery Start: ₹27 Crore Star Ignites LSG’s IPL 2025 Campaign

In the IPL 2025 auction, the franchise opened the doors of their treasury for some star players. There was such a competition to get some players in their respective teams that many records were broken. Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. In this way, Pant became the most expensive player in the history of IPL so far. Shreyas Iyer , Venkatesh Iyer , Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal were also sold for crores. IPL 2025 has also got off to a great start. So far 6 matches have already been played. Let's see how the performance of the 5 most expensive players in IPL 2025 is? Although the season still has a long way to go. There are a total of 74 matches including the final, but we are getting a glimpse of how the star players are starting.

Performance of Rishabh Pant who was sold for a record Rs 27 crore
Lucknow Super Joints spent 27 crores on Rishabh Pant in the auction. His base price was 2 crores. Now all eyes are on Pant's performance. He is the captain of Lucknow Super Joints. His team has played only one match so far. The second match is against Hyderabad on Thursday. Lucknow Super Joints played their first match against Delhi Capitals and Pant flopped badly in that. In batting, wicket keeping and captaincy as well. Delhi registered a spectacular victory due to Ashutosh Sharma's fiery innings. Pant faced 6 balls and had to return to the pavilion without opening his account. While wicket keeping, he also missed a stumping in the last over, which cost him the match by losing. After the match, his picture with LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka also went viral in which he looked 'classy'. Pant's performance will be specially watched in Thursday's match.

Performance of Shreyas Iyer who was sold for 26.75 crores
Shreyas Iyer was the second most expensive player after Pant in the auction. Punjab Kings bought him for Rs 26.75 crore, which means Iyer got only Rs 25 lakh less than Pant. Punjab also made him the captain. If we talk about his performance, Punjab Kings has played only one match so far and in that match Iyer played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 97 runs in just 42 balls. He missed the century but this is his best innings in IPL so far. He was also great in captaincy. When he was on 97, there were 6 balls left and Shashank Singh was on strike. If he wanted, Iyer could have scored a century by asking for a single but he gave more importance to the interest of the team than personal record.

Venkatesh Iyer's performance
Venkatesh Iyer emerged as the third most expensive player in the IPL 2025 auction. Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for Rs 23.75 crore. The first match of this season of IPL was played between Kolkata and Bangalore. Kolkata lost by 7 wickets in this. Talking about Venkatesh Iyer's performance, he scored only 6 runs off 7 balls in this match. Kolkata opened its account of victory by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets in their second match played on Wednesday. Venkatesh Iyer did not get a chance in this match.

Arshdeep Singh's performance
Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is the fourth most expensive player of this IPL season. He was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore. On Tuesday, the team played its first match of this season and defeated Gujarat by 11 runs. If we talk about Arshdeep's performance, in this match he took 2 important wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs. He was also the highest wicket-taker for his team in the match.

Yuzvendra Chahal's performance
Yuzvendra Chahal is the fifth most expensive player of this IPL season. He was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore. By the way, 3 out of the 5 most expensive players of this season are from Punjab Kings alone. The team has made a great start by winning its first match. Punjab has played only one match so far. If we talk about Yuzvendra Chahal's performance, in that match played against Gujarat Titans on Tuesday , he bowled 3 overs and conceded 34 runs. He was not only expensive, but also remained empty handed in terms of wickets.