The 18th season of IPL is going to start from 22 March. In the first match of the season, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will face Virat Kohli's team Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. Many young players have enhanced their careers through this tournament which started in 2008. They have helped the teams win the trophy. Some cricketers have continued the performance of one season as well. He is playing better than regular. At the same time, some players failed after shining in one season. Similarly, here we are telling you about seven players...

1. Kyle Mayers

Kyle Mayers was given a chance by the Lucknow Super Giants team in the year 2023. This West Indies all-rounder opened for the Lucknow team and played an important role in taking the team to the playoffs. Mayers scored 379 runs in 13 matches in the year 2023 at a strike rate of 144.10. These include four half-centuries. However, after this, he remained in the Lucknow squad in 2024 but did not get a single match to play. After this, in the mega auction of the year 2025, he entered the auction with a base price of 1.5 crores, but he did not find any buyer. In such a situation, after one season, this player joined the list of One Season Wonders Stars.

2. Paul Valthaty

The first name on the list of players who failed after doing wonders in one season is Paul Valthaty. Paul Valthaty did wonders for Kings XI Punjab in 2011. This right-handed batsman had played only two matches in 2009 before that season. In 2011, Punjab made him an opener. He played a brilliant innings against the strong Chennai Super Kings at the beginning of the tournament. Valthaty scored an unbeaten 120 off 63 balls. He scored 463 runs in the season at an average of 35.61. After this, he could not maintain his form. In 2012, he got a chance to play six matches and in 2013, he got a chance to play only one match.

3. Saurabh Tiwari

Left-handed batsman Saurabh Tiwari, who came into the limelight for keeping long hair like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, did wonders in 2010. He helped Mumbai Indians reach the final. Saurabh scored 419 runs that season. He was chosen as the Emerging Player of the Season. After this, he also got a chance to play in three ODIs for India, but he failed. Since the 2011 season, he has never scored 200 runs in an IPL. His strike rate could also hardly cross 120. Due to consistently poor performance, Saurabh was not bought by anyone in the 2022 mega auction and his IPL career almost ended.

4. Swapnil Asanodkar

A talented explosive batsman at the top order, Swapnil Asanodkar played a key role in Rajasthan Royals' title win in the inaugural season in 2008. Asanodkar scored 311 runs in the 2008 season but failed soon in the next year 2009. He scored runs at an average of only 12 in eight matches. He did not score a single half-century during this period. He got a chance to play three matches in the next two seasons and then his IPL career ended. Asanodkar played domestic cricket for Goa till 2018.

5. Manvinder Bisla

Manvinder Bisla's story is the most famous in IPL. It is said about him that he played IPL only to stop Chennai Super Kings from winning the title hat-trick. The kind of game Bisla showed in the final of IPL 2012, it seemed that it was the last match of his career. He made Kolkata Knight Riders the champion.

It is not that no one knew Bisla's name before that. He had played 21 matches. He had scored a half-century. The Chennai Super Kings team did not consider him a threat in the final. After Gautam Gambhir was out for zero, Bisla took over the innings and made the team champion by scoring 89 runs in 48 balls. After this match, Bisla's form declined. He played in 14 matches in 2013. His average dropped from 30 to 19. After this, he got a chance to play in only three matches in the next two seasons. He played domestic cricket till 2017.

6. Manpreet Goni

Manpreet Goni came into the limelight with the first IPL season in 2008. That year he was the highest wicket-taker for Chennai Super Kings. He took a total of 17 wickets. After this, he was also included in the Indian team for the Asia Cup. Goni took two wickets in two ODIs. He could not repeat his 2008 success in the subsequent season. He took 20 wickets in his next 28 matches. 2017 was his last season. He last played domestic cricket in 2019. Since then he has been playing in different minor leagues.

7. Kamran Khan

Kamran Khan... the left-arm pacer who caught everyone's attention with his pace in the first season of IPL i.e. the initial seasons of IPL. The pacer whom the great Shane Warne considered as one of the greatest cricketing talents of the country and said, 'Kamran is a waste of talent.

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