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

#2 Glenn Maxwell

Maxwell's return to Delhi was a lot of bark but no bite

To call Glenn Maxwell a disappointment would be an understatement. But to rack the brain for another word to describe his sorry performance would be undeserved.

Not very often does a player come into a tournament with this much amount of hype riding on his name, only to falter and stumble at every step. And when Maxwell fell, Delhi fell too. Such was his reputation that they were afraid to drop him, and continued to keep faith in him right until they hit rock-bottom.

Bought for ₹9 crores, Maxwell was considered a steal at his price and Delhi were talked up about being geniuses. In another timeline, they might be but in the only one we know and witnessed, Maxwell has been one big bag of misfortune.

Yet another victim of Finch's wedding party (where he was the best man), Maxwell contributed a mere 169 runs and 5 wickets during the course of the tournament. Assuming the KXIP paid equal measures for his batting and bowling, it comes down to 2 lakhs and 66 thousand per run and 90 lakhs per wicket.