IPL 2018: 5 players with the worst cost-to-performance ratio

#4 Manish Pandey

Pandey has been among the runs but is yet to shine with the Sunrisers

Despite finishing the round-robin phase as the toppers, SRH will be right to feel undone by their investment in Manish Pandey.

Bought for a mind-boggling ₹11 crores, Pandey is yet to convert that into his performances. He still has one match to come good for the Sunrisers (if he plays in the XI), but as things stand Pandey has been something of an unnecessary expense.

Pandey has not been far from the runs this season, but the enormous weight of the tag around his neck is impossible to ignore. Despite their excellent bowling, SRH have gone on to lose matches because of their middle order - and that is where Pandey comes in.

His infuriating innings against RCB aside, Pandey is also not the sharpest tool in the box. He routinely gets out to poor delivers owing to his own recklessness, and is yet to learn from his big share of mistakes.

Having scored 284 runs this season, Pandey could have passed for a moderately-priced batsman. But 11 big ones is a lot to get paid, and when things are broken down it gets even worse - Pandey's single run comes at the cost of 3 lakhs and 87 thousand rupees.