IPL 2020: 5 players who damaged their future with the Indian cricket team

#3 Rishabh Pant - 343 runs in IPL 2020

Pant's strike rate in IPL 2020 was distinctly below par

Although Rishabh Pant's international career hasn't quite taken off the way he'd have liked it to, he has always been a consistent performer in the IPL - until this season, that is. The wicket-keeper notched up a number of 20s and 30s to kick off his campaign, but failed to build on that and finished with just 343 runs at an average of 31.18.

Many of these runs came in the IPL 2020 final against MI, but the most concerning aspect about Pant's batting this season was his strike rate, which lounged at an abysmal 113.95. The youngster did suffer an injury that kept him out of action for a few games, but when he did play, he was far from his best.

Pant was dropped from the ODI and T20I squads for the Australia tour, and if KL Rahul and Sanju Samson do well, the door might slowly close on him.

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#2 Dinesh Karthik - 169 runs in IPL 2020

Karthik's IPL 2020 campaign couldn't have gone any worse

Dinesh Karthik hasn't been a regular in the Indian team for a while now, but with the team desperately needing a finisher since the retirement of MS Dhoni, he still has a chance to make yet another comeback. But a disastrous IPL season in which he scored just 169 runs at an average of 14.08 may just have dashed his dreams altogether.

Karthik was found out against spin on a number of occasions, and he even relinquished captaincy midway through the season to concentrate on his batting. The decision didn't pay off, as KKR missed out on the playoffs and their former captain's torrid run continued.

Karthik isn't in the selectors' plans in any format now, and we may have seen the last of him in Indian colours.

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#1 Prithvi Shaw - 228 runs in IPL 2020

Prithvi Shaw had a nightmare IPL

Prithvi Shaw was another player who had a nightmare IPL season, as he scored just 228 runs at an average of 17.53. The young opener's foot movement and composure were non-existent, and he was a sitting duck against the short ball despite being a back-foot dominant player.

Shaw has been named in India's Test squad for the tour of Australia, but his woeful IPL 2020 campaign must have severely dented his confidence. The Mumbai batsman had been named 'a combination of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag', but that comparison is looking increasingly foolish by the day.

Shaw has to make a number of technical adjustments if he is stake a claim for a regular spot in the Indian team.