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IPL 2025: These three Indian international players remained sitting on the entire season bench, not given a chance even in a match

Samira Vishwas | June 6, 2025 9:24 AM CST

Cricket News Desk. The thrill of IPL 2025 is over. RCB defeated Punjab Kings and won the title for the first time. In every season of IPL, some young unaccounted players leave their mark. This time too, from Priyansh Arya to Ashwini Kumar impressed everyone with her game. However, there were two misfortune Indian players who have played international cricket, but did not get a chance to play a single match in the IPL.

KKR leg -spinner Mayank Markande

In the IPL 2025 auction, KKR bought leg -spinner Mayank Markande for Rs 30 lakh. Mayank was given a chance to play 17 matches by Hyderabad in the last two seasons, but KKR did not give him a chance to play a single match. Mayank first came into the discussion with 15 wickets for Mumbai in the 2018 season. In 2019, he played his only T20 match against Australia for India. He conceded 31 runs in 4 overs, but did not get any success. Due to Naren and Varun Chakraborty, he did not get to play a single match.

Kuldeep and Jayant also stayed on the bench

28 -year -old fast bowler Kuldeep Sen has the ability to bowl at a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour. He took 14 wickets in 12 matches for Rajasthan Royals. This season, Punjab Kings bought this fast bowler from Madhya Pradesh for Rs 80 lakh. But they stayed on the entire season bench. Kuldeep played his only ODI for India in 2022 against Bangladesh. He also took two wickets in that match.

Jayant Yadav has played 6 Tests and 2 ODIs for India. He also has a century in his name Test. Apart from this, he has taken 17 wickets. Even after this, he stayed on the bench for Gujarat Titans. Jayant, who made his IPL debut in 2015, has played only 20 matches so far.

Even these people also did not get a chance
Rahul Chahar, who played in the T20 World Cup, was given a chance in just one match by Sunrisers Hyderabad and he bowled just one over. KKR also gave Chetan Sakaria a chance in just one match. T Natarajan, considered a death -over specialist, was purchased for Rs 10.75 crore but Delhi Capitals gave him just one match.