5 Overpaid players of all-time in IPL history

5. Pat Cummins

Kolkata Knight Riders have always had one or two overseas pacers in their line-up to boost up their squad. There have been serious legendary pacers like Brett Lee, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhtar, Morne Morkel, etc, who have been with the franchise. In the 2018 auction as well, they got Mitchell Starc on board with the hope to continue the formation. 

However, Starc didn’t turn up for them in either of the seasons. This forced them to release Starc and try to get a fast-bowler in their mix who is experienced. In came Pat Cummins’ name in the IPL 2020 auction. KKR didn’t enter the bidding war until a long time. But, as the bidding was going north of INR 15 crore, they jumped in to get the Australian pacer. 

Cummins was bought for INR 15.5 crores. Even though he is one of the best pacers with the red-ball, his T20 numbers were nothing too extraordinary. Even in the IPL 2020, the right-arm quick bowled well but some might say that he was paid too much money for doing what he did. He picked up 12 wickets from 14 matches at an average of 34.08 and an economy of 7.86.