5 Worst retentions in IPL history

4) David Miller, Kings XI Punjab, 2014

South African southpaw David Miller burst onto the IPL scene in spectacular style. In 2013, playing his second season for the Kings XI Punjab, Miller became quite the batting-sensation when he blasted a 38-ball ton against RCB.

That match-winning knock, alongside a couple of clutch half-centuries, inspired the Punjab management to name him as one of their marquee players ahead of the mega auction in 2014.

Miller had a fairly promising start to his KXIP stint as a senior player, scoring five fifties across the 2014 and ‘15 seasons. In fact, his inspiring form with the bat even prompted KXIP to promote him to the captaincy role in the 2016 edition.

But sadly, that’s when things started going downhill for Killer-Miller. In the following 4 seasons that he stayed with Punjab; Miller could score just a single half-century across 32 matches. His average (26.85) and strike rate (118.03) also took a major turn for the worse. Additionally, it didn’t help that the KXIP think-tank kept tinkering with Miller’s batting positions and leadership.

Miller bagged two money deals with Punjab in each of the two mega auctions he featured in; INR 12.5 Crores in 2014 and 3 Crores in 2018. But his frustratingly inconsistent run of form finally wore out the KXIP management’s patience last year and they released him to the player pool. Currently, Miller is associated with the Rajasthan Royals but hasn’t really got many opportunities for his new franchise.