Written By: Sruti Thakur | Updated: Dec 19, 2025, 10:58 AM
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From Deepak Hooda to Kyle Jamieson, let's take a look at this photo collection to find out about the 5 stars who disappeared after earning huge deals in IPL auction.
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Pawan Negi picked by Chennai Super Kings in 2014 and 2015 at his base price of Rs 10 lakh. His 2014 season with CSK was memorable, especially his performance in the CLT20 final, where he returned figures of 5/22.
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Pawan Negi caught everyone's attention when Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) bought him for a whopping Rs 8.5 crore at the IPL 2016 auction. However, he failed to justify the price tag and endured a disappointing season, following which the franchise released him.
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Chetan Sakariya has represented three IPL franchises and picked up 20 wickets in 20 matches, known for bowling a hard length, especially at the death. He made his IPL debut with Rajasthan Royals in 2021 and grabbed attention straightaway by taking three wickets in his first match. Sakariya went on to grab 19 wickets that season, a breakout performance that even earned him a call-up to the Indian team.
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Sakariya's career trajectory slowed in the following years. Despite being bought for Rs 4.20 crore at the IPL 2022 and 2023 auctions and featuring for Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, Sakariya struggled to maintain his early impact. Once regarded as a future India regular, went unsold at the IPL 2026 auction.
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Tymal Mills had played just four T20I matches before the IPL 2017 auction, three of which came in India against India only weeks before the bidding. He impressed in that high-scoring series with a tidy economy rate of 7.83. This came on the back of an outstanding 2016 season, where he picked up 30 wickets in 24 T20 matches at an economy of 7.2, building a reputation as a reliable death-overs specialist. Those performances prompted Royal Challengers Bangalore to invest heavily in the left-arm pacer.
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Mills failed to live up to expectations in an injury-hit IPL campaign. He managed to pick only five wickets in five matches while conceding at 8.57 runs per over and struggled to make an impact. RCB had a disappointing season, finishing at the bottom of the table, and released Mills ahead of the IPL 2018 mega auction.
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Before the IPL 2021 auction, Kyle Jamieson was largely seen as a red-ball specialist, with no domestic T20 experience outside New Zealand and an underwhelming T20I record of three wickets in four matches at an economy of 7.8. However, his stunning start in Test cricket, 36 wickets in his first six Tests at an average of 13.27, convinced Royal Challengers Bangalore to spend a hefty Rs 15 crore on the tall pacer.
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Jamieson struggled in the T20 format, finishing the season with just nine wickets at a high economy rate of 9.61. As a result, RCB released him at the end of the 2021 IPL season.
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Deepak Hooda has been a well-known name in the IPL, scoring 1,496 runs in 125 matches, which included eight half-centuries. Despite his experience and past performances, he went unsold at the IPL 2026 auction, which came as a surprise to many fans who expected him to feature again.
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