Ravichandran Ashwin IPL stats describe one of the most cerebral careers the league has ever seen. The off-spinner from Chennai debuted for his home franchise in 2009, mastered the carrom ball, opened the new ball in an IPL final, captained a franchise, bowled in 221 matches and retired as the fifth-highest wicket-taker in tournament history with 187 wickets. Along the way he won two titles with Chennai Super Kings, became the first batter ever retired out in the IPL, and produced some of the most debated moments in the league’s history.
His final season, a homecoming to CSK in 2025 after a Rs 9.75 crore buy at the mega auction, ended quietly with seven wickets in nine matches, and on 27 August 2025 he announced his retirement from the IPL. This page covers his complete IPL record: season-by-season batting and bowling stats, team history, auction price history, records, and his IPL 2027 status.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Stats Overview
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| IPL Debut | 2009 (Chennai Super Kings) |
| Role | Bowler (off-spinner) |
| Batting Style | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm off break |
| Nationality | India |
| Current IPL Team | Retired from the IPL (last played for CSK in 2025) |
| IPL Matches | 221 |
| IPL Wickets | 187 |
| Best Bowling | 4/34 |
| IPL Runs | 833 |
| Highest Score | 50 |
| IPL 2027 Team | Not applicable — retired from the IPL |
| IPL 2027 Price | Not applicable — retired from the IPL |
Who Is Ravichandran Ashwin?
Ravichandran Ashwin, born 17 September 1986 in Chennai, is a former India international off-spinner who became one of the defining slow bowlers of the IPL era. He announced himself with a famously street-smart cricket brain: new variations every season, relentless planning for individual batters, and a willingness to push the laws of the game to their edge — from the carrom ball that made him a household name to the 2019 Mankading of Jos Buttler that split world cricket down the middle.
After debuting for Chennai Super Kings under MS Dhoni in 2009, Ashwin was central to CSK’s back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011, even taking the new ball in the 2011 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru to dismiss Chris Gayle. He retired from international cricket in December 2024 during India’s tour of Australia and from the IPL on 27 August 2025, finishing with 187 IPL wickets at an economy of 7.20.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Teams
| Season | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | Bought at mega auction; retired from IPL in August 2025 |
| 2024 | Rajasthan Royals | Retained |
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | Retained |
| 2022 | Rajasthan Royals | Bought at mega auction |
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | Retained |
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | Trade from Kings XI Punjab |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | Retained (captain) |
| 2018 | Kings XI Punjab | Bought at mega auction (captain) |
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Retained; missed season through injury |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Drafted to new franchise after CSK suspension |
| 2009–2015 | Chennai Super Kings | Retained across seasons; IPL titles in 2010 and 2011 |
Ashwin’s journey maps the modern IPL. He was CSK’s lead spinner for seven seasons, then moved to Rising Pune Supergiant when CSK were suspended, became captain at Kings XI Punjab in 2018, spent two seasons at Delhi Capitals, reinvented himself as a batting floater at Rajasthan Royals from 2022 to 2024, and finally returned home to CSK in 2025 for one last season in yellow.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL 2024 Stats
| Category | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | Wkts | BBI | Bowl Avg | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 15 | 9 | 86 | 29 | 14.33 | 116.22 | — | — | — | — |
| Bowling | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3/24 | 51.88 | 8.49 |
The 2024 season was the most difficult of Ashwin’s long career. Nine wickets in 15 matches for Rajasthan Royals at an average above 50 and an economy of 8.49 marked his leanest return, and for the first time his economy climbed toward nine runs an over. He remained tidy enough to hold his place through the playoffs, but the numbers showed a bowler being worked out by batters who had spent years studying him.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL 2025 Stats
| Category | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | Wkts | BBI | Bowl Avg | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 9 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 8.25 | 110.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Bowling | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2/41 | 40.42 | 9.12 |
The homecoming season did not go to plan. CSK bought Ashwin back for Rs 9.75 crore at the 2025 mega auction, nine years after he last wore yellow, but he played only nine of the team’s 14 games and took seven wickets at an economy of 9.12 — the first time his economy had ever crossed nine in a season, and the first time since 2010 he played fewer than ten matches in a campaign. CSK finished bottom of the table for the first time in their history, and in August 2025 Ashwin called time on his IPL career.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL 2026 Stats
Ashwin did not play IPL 2026. He retired from the league on 27 August 2025, before the 2026 season, and was not part of any squad. His final IPL appearance came for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals in May 2025, where he took 2/41.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL 2027 Stats
IPL 2027 statistics are not available because the season has not started, and they will not include Ashwin: he has retired from the IPL and will not be part of any team’s retention or auction plans for 2027. For the schedule of the retention and auction process, see the IPL 2027 auction date and venue guide.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL 2027 Team and Price
Not applicable. Ashwin retired from the IPL on 27 August 2025 and did not play in 2026, so there is no 2027 team and no 2027 price. His last IPL contract was the Rs 9.75 crore deal with Chennai Super Kings at the 2025 mega auction.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Career Batting Stats
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | 98 | 34 | 833 | 50 | 13.02 | 118.16 | 1 | 0 |
Ashwin was always a bowler who batted, but his batting had real moments. His only IPL fifty came for Rajasthan Royals in 2022 — a 50 against Delhi Capitals in May that year, made while opening the batting — and at RR he was regularly floated up the order as a pinch-hitter, most famously on the night he became the first batter in IPL history to be retired out, against Lucknow Super Giants in April 2022.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Career Bowling Stats
| M | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221 | 217 | 785.0 | 5653 | 187 | 4/34 | 30.23 | 7.20 | 25.2 | 1 | 0 |
187 wickets across 17 seasons leave Ashwin as the fifth-highest wicket-taker in IPL history. The headline numbers hide how he took them: as a new-ball bowler at CSK, as a middle-overs container at his peak, and as a canny survivor in his final years when the mystery had long worn off. His career economy of 7.20, achieved across the highest-scoring era in the league’s history, is arguably his most impressive figure.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Stats by Year
| Season | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50s | 100s | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | CSK | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.25 |
| 2010 | CSK | 12 | 6 | 30 | 11* | 7.50 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.10 |
| 2011 | CSK | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.15 |
| 2012 | CSK | 19 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 6.00 | 120.00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.54 |
| 2013 | CSK | 18 | 10 | 35 | 11* | 8.75 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.72 |
| 2014 | CSK | 16 | 8 | 45 | 14 | 15.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7.30 |
| 2015 | CSK | 14 | 8 | 52 | 23 | 17.33 | 162.50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.84 |
| 2016 | RPS | 14 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 20.50 | 107.89 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.25 |
| 2017 | RPS | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | KXIP | 14 | 9 | 102 | 45 | 12.75 | 143.66 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.09 |
| 2019 | KXIP | 14 | 9 | 42 | 17* | 8.40 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7.27 |
| 2020 | DC | 15 | 7 | 37 | 14* | 12.33 | 108.82 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.66 |
| 2021 | DC | 13 | 5 | 44 | 20 | 14.67 | 104.76 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.41 |
| 2022 | RR | 17 | 10 | 191 | 50 | 27.29 | 141.48 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7.50 |
| 2023 | RR | 13 | 8 | 67 | 30 | 11.17 | 131.37 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.51 |
| 2024 | RR | 15 | 9 | 86 | 29 | 14.33 | 116.22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8.49 |
| 2025 | CSK | 9 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 8.25 | 110.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.12 |
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Highest Score
Ashwin’s highest IPL score is 50, made for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals in May 2022. Sent out to open the batting, he reached his only IPL half-century off 38 balls, a knock that underlined his late-career reinvention as a genuine batting option. His next-best IPL scores are 45 (for Kings XI Punjab in 2018) and 29 (for RR in 2024).
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Wickets and Best Bowling
Ashwin finished with 187 IPL wickets from 217 bowling innings at an average of 30.23 and an economy of 7.20. His best figures, 4/34, came for Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016. He recorded one four-wicket haul in his career and never took a five-wicket haul — his record was built on relentless consistency rather than single-match explosions. His finest season with the ball was 2011, when he took 20 wickets at 19.40 with an economy of 6.15 during CSK’s title defence.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Batting Records
Batting was always Ashwin’s second discipline, and his records reflect that. He scored 833 runs in 221 matches at a strike rate of 118.16, with one fifty and a highest score of 50. His most productive season with the bat was 2022 (191 runs at 141.48 for RR), when Rajasthan used him as a floater and occasional opener. He also holds the distinction of being the first batter in IPL history to be tactically retired out — for RR against Lucknow Super Giants in April 2022.
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Auction Price History
| Season | Team | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 9.75 crore | Auction (mega auction) |
| 2024 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 5 crore | Retention |
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 5 crore | Retention |
| 2022 | Rajasthan Royals | Rs 5 crore | Auction (mega auction) |
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | Rs 7.6 crore | Retention |
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | Rs 7.6 crore | Trade (from Kings XI Punjab) |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | Rs 7.6 crore | Retention |
| 2018 | Kings XI Punjab | Rs 7.6 crore | Auction (mega auction; made captain) |
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Rs 7.5 crore | Retention (missed season through injury) |
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiant | Rs 7.5 crore | Draft (new franchise) |
| 2015 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 7.5 crore | Retention |
| 2014 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 7.5 crore | Retention |
| 2013 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 3.91 crore | Retention |
| 2012 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 3.91 crore | Retention |
| 2011 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 3.91 crore | Retention |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 12 lakh | Retention |
| 2009 | Chennai Super Kings | Rs 12 lakh | Auction |
Ravichandran Ashwin IPL Records and Achievements
- Fifth-highest wicket-taker in IPL history with 187 wickets in 221 matches
- IPL champion with Chennai Super Kings in 2010 and 2011
- Best season: 20 wickets at 19.40 in 2011, including taking the new ball in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- First batter in IPL history to be tactically retired out (Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, 2022)
- Captained Kings XI Punjab in 2018 and 2019
- Dismissed Jos Buttler via Mankading in 2019, one of the most debated moments in IPL history
- Career IPL economy rate of 7.20 across 785 overs, among the best for any spinner with 150+ wickets
- Scored his only IPL fifty, 50 off 38 balls, while opening for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals in 2022
Ravichandran Ashwin’s IPL Performance Analysis
The arc of Ashwin’s IPL career is almost a perfect bell curve. The first phase (2009–2015) at CSK was his peak: 106 wickets in 97 matches, two titles, a 2011 season that remains the gold standard for off-spin in the league. He bowled the hard overs — powerplay and death — and Dhoni trusted him in every situation, a faith repaid in the 2011 final.
The middle phase was about adaptation. After CSK’s suspension he became a captain at Punjab, where the responsibility seemed to dilute his bowling edge (25 wickets in two seasons at an economy above 7.5), then a containment specialist at Delhi and Rajasthan. The numbers at RR tell the story of a bowler being figured out: economy climbing from 7.50 in 2022 to 8.49 in 2024, wickets falling from 14 to 9.
What never left him was the cricket brain. Even as his bowling waned, his batting found new life — 191 runs at a strike rate of 141 in 2022 showed a player still finding ways to matter. The 2025 CSK return, expensive at Rs 9.75 crore and thin on returns, was an honest ending: a champion coming home for one last season before walking away on his own terms.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many wickets did Ravichandran Ashwin take in the IPL?
Ashwin took 187 wickets in 221 IPL matches at an average of 30.23 and an economy of 7.20, making him the fifth-highest wicket-taker in the league’s history.
Which teams did Ravichandran Ashwin play for in the IPL?
Five franchises: Chennai Super Kings (2009–2015, 2025), Rising Pune Supergiant (2016), Kings XI Punjab (2018–2019, as captain), Delhi Capitals (2020–2021) and Rajasthan Royals (2022–2024). He missed the 2017 season through injury.
What was Ravichandran Ashwin’s IPL auction price?
His most expensive deal was Rs 9.75 crore, paid by Chennai Super Kings at the 2025 mega auction. He also earned Rs 7.6 crore per season between 2018 and 2021 and Rs 5 crore per season at Rajasthan Royals from 2022 to 2024.
Has Ravichandran Ashwin retired from the IPL?
Yes. Ashwin announced his retirement from the IPL on 27 August 2025 after one final season with Chennai Super Kings. He did not play IPL 2026 and will not feature in IPL 2027.
What is Ravichandran Ashwin’s highest IPL score?
His highest score is 50, made for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals in May 2022 — his only IPL half-century, scored while opening the batting.
What is Ravichandran Ashwin’s best IPL bowling?
His best figures are 4/34, recorded for Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016. He took one four-wicket haul in his IPL career and never managed a five-wicket haul.
What are Ravichandran Ashwin’s IPL 2027 stats?
There are none and there will not be any. IPL 2027 has not started, and Ashwin has retired from the league, so he has no 2027 team, price or statistics.
How many IPL titles has Ravichandran Ashwin won?
Two — both with Chennai Super Kings, in 2010 and 2011. He was a key bowler in both campaigns, taking the new ball in the 2011 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Sources and Data Notes
Season statistics are cross-checked across CricTracker, myKhel, Sportskeeda, InsideSport and established sports press, with career aggregates verified against the sum of season figures (221 matches, 187 wickets, 833 runs). Team and price history is drawn from IPL auction, retention and trade reporting; his IPL retirement was announced on his official social media account on 27 August 2025. 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: 8 October 2026
