MANISH PANDEY

Manish Pandey is a veteran of the IPL and has played for a host of teams from IPL 2008 till now and has 3648 runs in 160 matches with an average of 29.90 and a strike rate of 121.52. He has hit one century and 21 fifties in the tournament.

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Though he was a match-winner for many teams, especially Kolkata Knight Riders for many seasons, his performance, along with his strike rate has gone down at a steady rate. In the last three seasons, he has made runs at strike rates of 127, 123 and 110, which are criminal for a batter who bats in the top three.

For LSG in IPL 2022,  he made 88 runs in 6 matches and struggled a lot. It has been very hard for Manish Pandey to justify the price tags he has gotten at auctions and despite being talented and even playing for India, the Karnataka batter has struggled in the IPL to get going. Therefore he may be released by LSG thanks to the performance of Deepak Hooda, ahead of IPL 2023.