MANISH PANDEY (Base Price- 1 cr)

Manish Pandey was haunted by poor strike rate issues for the past three IPL seasons before he found himself back in the auction pool for the IPL 2023 auction. His strike rate in IPL 2020 was 127.62 where he made 425 runs in 16 matches for SRH, while in IPL 2021, he scored 292 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 123.72.

He was picked by the new franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL 2022 mega auction for INR 4.60 crores. He was expected to strengthen the LSG middle order but struggled big time. He only played 6 matches, scoring 88 runs at a strike rate of 110.

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This led to LSG parting ways with Manish Pandey, who is the first Indian to score a century in IPL, which came in the 2009 edition in South Africa.

Though Pandey has been criticized for his scoring rate, he knows he has to evolve with the game, si talented enough to work on his shortcomings, and given his track record, the Karnataka cricketer should find a new home without much difficulty.