Sixteen seasons, eight franchises and 114 wickets. Jaydev Unadkat’s IPL career is the most travelled journey any Indian bowler has taken in the league’s history. He arrived in 2010 as the teenager who had led India’s pace attack at the Under-19 World Cup, and he is still here in 2026, reinventing himself as the left-arm seamer franchises call on when they want control, cutters and a cool head at the death.
His defining IPL season remains 2017 with Rising Pune Supergiant: 24 wickets in 12 matches at an economy of 7.00, a final-over hat-trick against Sunrisers Hyderabad that included a wicket-maiden while defending 13 runs, and the second-highest wicket tally of the tournament. That season turned him into the Rs 11.50 crore headline buy of the 2018 auction. He never touched those heights again, but the rest of his career deserves its own respect: he adapted, dropped down the auction order, learned new roles at Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants and finally Sunrisers Hyderabad, and even produced a genuine revival in 2025 with 11 wickets at 15.91. This page covers his full IPL record: season-by-season numbers, teams, auction prices and achievements.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Stats Overview
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat |
| IPL Debut | 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Role | Bowler (left-arm pace) |
| Batting Style | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling Style | Left-arm medium |
| Current IPL Team | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| IPL Matches | 116 |
| IPL Runs | 201 |
| Highest Score | 26 |
| IPL Wickets | 114 |
| Best Bowling | 5/25 |
| IPL 2027 Team | Not officially confirmed |
| IPL 2027 Price | Not officially confirmed |
Who Is Jaydev Unadkat?
Jaydev Unadkat was born on 18 October 1991 in Porbandar, Gujarat, and plays domestic cricket for Saurashtra. He led India’s pace attack at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, which brought him into the IPL the same year with Kolkata Knight Riders. With the red ball, he has been one of India’s most successful domestic bowlers of his generation, leading the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy wicket charts with 67 wickets and helping Saurashtra to two Ranji titles. He has also played Test, ODI and T20I cricket for India, with a Test debut as far back as 2010 in South Africa and a Test comeback in Bangladesh in 2022.
In the IPL, Unadkat holds a unique distinction: he is the first Indian player to represent eight different franchises, the most travelled Indian cricketer in auction history. His left-arm angle, cutters and slower balls have kept him relevant through sixteen IPL seasons even though he was never the quickest bowler in any squad he played for.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Teams
| Season | Team | Acquisition |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Squad signing |
| 2011-2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Squad signing |
| 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | Squad signing |
| 2016-2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Squad signing |
| 2018-2021 | Rajasthan Royals | Auction / retention |
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | Auction, Rs 1.30 crore |
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | Auction, Rs 50 lakh |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Auction, Rs 1.60 crore |
| 2025 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Retention, Rs 1.00 crore |
| 2026 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Retention, Rs 1.00 crore |
| 2027 | Not officially confirmed | – |
Unadkat’s journey across the league is genuinely unmatched among Indian players. After his breakout 2017 campaign with Rising Pune Supergiant, Rajasthan Royals spent heavily on him for four seasons, Mumbai Indians picked him in 2022, and Lucknow Super Giants bought him at his base price of Rs 50 lakh in 2023. Sunrisers Hyderabad signed him in 2024 and retained him for both 2025 and 2026, making Hyderabad the closest thing to a home he has had in the IPL. Playing under Pat Cummins at SRH, he settled into a role built around experience and situational use rather than a guaranteed starting spot.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL 2024 Stats
| Category | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | – | 11 |
| Runs / Wickets | – | 8 wickets |
| Highest / Best | – | 3/30 |
| Average | – | 39.88 |
| Economy | – | 10.29 |
His first season with Sunrisers Hyderabad was difficult statistically. Eight wickets in eleven matches at an economy above ten is a modest return, and in a season when SRH’s batting set record totals through Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen, the bowling attack was asked to defend huge scores regularly. Unadkat’s standout spell came against Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he took 3/30, but consistency eluded him through the year.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL 2025 Stats
| Category | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | – | 7 |
| Wickets | – | 11 |
| Average | – | 15.91 |
| Economy | – | 7.29 |
Retained by SRH for Rs 1 crore, Unadkat produced one of the most efficient spells of bowling of his IPL career in 2025. Eleven wickets in seven matches at 15.91 with an economy of 7.29 was a sharp reversal from the previous season and showed that his variations still worked at this level. During the season he also completed his 100th IPL wicket, becoming the 15th bowler in tournament history to reach the landmark, marking it with a spectacular caught-and-bowled dismissal of Ryan Rickelton against Mumbai Indians.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL 2026 Stats
| Category | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | – | 4 |
| Wickets | – | 4 |
| Average | – | 35.00 |
| Economy | – | 10.77 |
SRH retained Unadkat again for Rs 1 crore ahead of 2026, his third straight season with the franchise. Opportunities were limited: four matches brought four wickets, and with a younger pace group around him, his role increasingly tilted toward mentorship and readiness for specific match-ups on slower surfaces.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL 2027 Stats
IPL 2027 statistics are not available yet because the season has not started. No official confirmation of his franchise or price for the 2027 season has been published yet.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL 2027 Team and Price
As of the date this article was written, Sunrisers Hyderabad have not officially confirmed whether Jaydev Unadkat has been retained for IPL 2027, and no auction, retention or trade details for the 2027 season are available from reliable sources. He was on SRH’s books for three consecutive seasons from 2024 to 2026, retained at Rs 1 crore in each of the last two seasons. His availability for IPL 2027 will be confirmed when the franchises announce their retention and auction plans.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Career Batting Stats
| Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Average | Strike Rate | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 33 | 201 | 26 | 12.56 | 118.93 | 0 | 0 |
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Career Bowling Stats
| Matches | Balls | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | 5-wicket hauls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 2429 | 114 | 5/25 | 30.74 | 8.66 | 2 |
One hundred and fourteen wickets across 116 matches puts Unadkat among the most durable Indian seamers in IPL history. The economy rate of 8.66 reflects how his career spanned both lower-scoring eras and the high-scoring years that followed; two five-wicket hauls in the league underline that his best days were genuinely match-winning spells rather than steady accumulation.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Stats by Year
| Season | Team | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | RPS | 12 | 24 | 5/25 | – | 7.00 |
| 2018 | RR | 15 | 11 | – | – | 9.70 |
| 2019 | RR | 11 | 10 | – | – | 11.00 |
| 2020 | RR | 7 | 4 | – | – | 9.90 |
| 2021 | RR | 6 | 4 | – | – | 7.60 |
| 2022 | MI | 5 | 6 | – | – | 9.50 |
| 2023 | LSG | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| 2024 | SRH | 11 | 8 | 3/30 | 39.88 | 10.29 |
| 2025 | SRH | 7 | 11 | – | 15.91 | 7.29 |
| 2026 | SRH | 4 | 4 | – | 35.00 | 10.77 |
Season figures for 2023 bowling are not available from reliable sources at the time of writing. Earlier seasons before 2017 are folded into the career totals above.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Highest Score
Unadkat’s highest IPL score is 26, recorded during the 2018 season for Rajasthan Royals. Batting at number nine or ten throughout his career, he never developed a batting role in the league; his 201 career runs at a strike rate of 118.93 came almost entirely from late cameos.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Wickets and Best Bowling
His best IPL bowling figures are 5/25, one of two five-wicket hauls in his career. The most famous of them came for Rising Pune Supergiant against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017: defending 13 runs in the final over, Unadkat produced a wicket-maiden that included a hat-trick, dismissing Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to seal a 12-run win. That season he finished with 24 wickets in 12 matches at an economy of 7.00, the second-highest wicket-taker of the season, and carried RPS to the final.
Two spells define his IPL legacy: the 2017 5/25 against SRH and the hat-trick final over. Everything else is steady, unglamorous new-ball and death bowling across eight franchises.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Batting Records
Unadkat holds no notable IPL batting records. His value in the league has always been with the ball and, later in his career, with his experience in the dressing room.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Auction Price History
| Season | Team | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 11.50 crore | Auction |
| 2019 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 8.40 crore | Auction |
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 3.00 crore | Retention |
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 3.00 crore | Retention |
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | Rs 1.30 crore | Auction |
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | Rs 50 lakh | Auction |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rs 1.60 crore | Auction |
| 2025 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rs 1.00 crore | Retention |
| 2026 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Rs 1.00 crore | Retention |
The price curve tells the story of an auction boom and a long correction. After the 2017 season, Rajasthan Royals made him one of the most expensive Indian buys of the 2018 auction at Rs 11.50 crore and brought him back for Rs 8.40 crore in 2019. He could never repeat 2017’s magic in Rajasthan colours, and his value slid steadily: Rs 3 crore retentions, Rs 1.30 crore at Mumbai in 2022 where he played alongside Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma, then a base-price Rs 50 lakh pickup by Lucknow in 2023. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Rs 1.60 crore buy in 2024 and two retentions at Rs 1 crore suggest the league now prices him as a dependable squad seamer, not a headline buy.
Jaydev Unadkat IPL Records and Achievements
- First Indian player to represent eight different IPL franchises.
- 15th bowler in IPL history to reach 100 wickets (April 2025, for SRH against MI).
- Two five-wicket hauls in the IPL, including 5/25 for Rising Pune Supergiant against SRH in 2017.
- Final-over hat-trick against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017, including a wicket-maiden while defending 13 runs.
- Second-highest wicket-taker of IPL 2017 with 24 wickets in 12 matches.
- Two-time Player of the Match winner in IPL 2017.
- Led the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy wicket charts with 67 wickets for Saurashtra.
Jaydev Unadkat’s IPL Performance Analysis
Unadkat’s IPL graph has one towering peak and a long plateau. The peak is 2017: 24 wickets in 12 matches at an economy of 7.00 for Rising Pune Supergiant, the season that made him a crore-pati overnight. The correction that followed was brutal. Across four seasons at Rajasthan Royals he took 29 wickets in 39 matches at well above nine an over, and neither the 2018 price tag nor the 2019 return could be justified by the numbers. By 2022, at Mumbai Indians, he was a rotation option rather than a frontline pick.
What kept him in demand is specificity. Left-arm seam with cutters and a good slower ball is a skill set that ages well, and Unadkat adapted to a late-career role of bowling in the middle overs and at the death when match-ups suit him. The 2025 revival is the proof: eleven wickets in seven matches at 15.91 and an economy of 7.29 was his best season-average since 2017, and it came in a season when most bowlers were being carted. His 2026 dip to four matches suggests the next transition has already started, toward mentorship and situational selection. If IPL 2027 includes him at all, expect it to be in exactly that capacity.
For readers, the honest summary is this: Unadkat was a good IPL bowler who had one great season, cashed in at auction exactly when he should have, and has been professionally adapting his role ever since. Sixteen seasons, eight franchises and 114 wickets is a career of genuine substance, even if the numbers never again touched 2017.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which IPL team does Jaydev Unadkat play for?
He most recently played for Sunrisers Hyderabad, who retained him for the 2025 and 2026 seasons at Rs 1 crore. His franchise for IPL 2027 has not been officially confirmed.
How many wickets has Jaydev Unadkat taken in the IPL?
He has taken 114 wickets in 116 IPL matches, at an average of 30.74 and an economy rate of 8.66, with best figures of 5/25.
When did Jaydev Unadkat make his IPL debut?
He debuted in 2010 for Kolkata Knight Riders, shortly after leading India’s pace attack at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup.
What was Jaydev Unadkat’s highest IPL auction price?
Rs 11.50 crore, paid by Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction after his breakout 24-wicket season with Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017.
What is Jaydev Unadkat’s most famous IPL performance?
The last-over hat-trick for Rising Pune Supergiant against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017, when he defended 13 runs with a wicket-maiden, dismissing Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
How many IPL teams has Jaydev Unadkat played for?
Eight, the most by any Indian player: KKR, RCB, Delhi Daredevils, RPS, RR, MI, LSG and SRH.
What is Jaydev Unadkat’s IPL bowling style?
Left-arm medium pace, built around cutters, slower balls and variations rather than raw pace. He bats right-handed.
Did Jaydev Unadkat reach 100 IPL wickets?
Yes. He became the 15th bowler in IPL history to reach 100 wickets in April 2025, playing for SRH against Mumbai Indians, marking it with a caught-and-bowled dismissal of Ryan Rickelton.
Sources and Data Notes
Career figures are cross-checked across IPL and cricket statistics providers including cricstats.in, advancecricket.com (ball-by-ball records), myKhel, sportscafe.in, khelnow.com and cricketaddictor.com. Season-by-season match counts follow published season records; where a season figure could not be verified from reliable sources it is marked accordingly. Statistics and player information are checked against available reliable sources and may be updated as new IPL matches, transfers, or official announcements are confirmed.
Statistics updated through: 21 October 2026
