Mukesh Choudhary arrived in the IPL the hard way: as a base-price pick at the 2022 mega auction, drafted into a Chennai Super Kings attack that had just lost Deepak Chahar to injury. What followed was one of the quiet stories of that season. The left-arm seamer took 16 wickets in 13 matches, finished as CSK’s leading wicket-taker, and produced a 4 for 46 against Sunrisers Hyderabad that remains his best IPL spell. It was the kind of debut season that usually leads to bigger things. Injuries, instead, took two years away from him.
This page covers the complete Mukesh Choudhary IPL stats record: his breakthrough 2022 season, the back injury that wiped out 2023, his slow road back through 2024 and 2025, a fuller 2026 campaign, his auction and retention history with CSK, and what is confirmed about IPL 2027.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Stats Overview
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Mukesh Choudhary |
| IPL Debut | 2022 (Chennai Super Kings) |
| Role | Bowler (left-arm medium) |
| Batting Style | Left-handed |
| Bowling Style | Left-arm medium |
| Current IPL Team | Chennai Super Kings |
| IPL Matches | 24 |
| IPL Runs | 8 |
| Highest Score | 4 |
| IPL Wickets | 25 |
| Best Bowling | 4/46 |
| IPL 2027 Team | Not officially confirmed |
| IPL 2027 Price | Not officially confirmed |
Who Is Mukesh Choudhary?
Mukesh Choudhary is an Indian left-arm medium pacer born on 6 July 1996 in Pardodas, Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Originally from Rajasthan, he moved to Maharashtra for better cricketing opportunities and has represented Maharashtra in domestic cricket since the 2017-18 season, making his first-class debut that year before his List A and T20 debuts in 2019. His stock rose when he finished as Maharashtra’s leading wicket-taker in the 2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy, which put him on the radar of IPL scouts ahead of the 2022 mega auction.
His game is built around the new ball. Choudhary swings it up front, targets the powerplay, and has never been a bowler you hide in the middle overs. That specialist profile is both his calling card and his limitation: when he is swinging the ball, he looks like a first-choice pick; when conditions or form deny him movement, he has gone for runs. The pattern of his IPL career — a superb debut season followed by injury-hit years — explains why CSK have kept him around without making him a regular starter.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Teams
| Season | Team | Role in Season |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chennai Super Kings | 13 matches, leading wicket-taker for CSK (16 wickets) |
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | Ruled out for the entire season with a back injury |
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 match, single over |
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | 2 matches, 1 wicket |
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 matches, 8 wickets |
| 2027 | Not officially confirmed | – |
Choudhary has played his entire IPL career for Chennai Super Kings. Bought for his base price of INR 20 lakh at the 2022 mega auction, he was retained for 2023 and 2024 at the same price, re-signed by CSK for INR 30 lakh ahead of the 2025 season, and retained again at INR 30 lakh for 2026. The franchise’s loyalty is the clearest signal of how they value him: he has been trusted as a left-arm powerplay option for five seasons, even though injuries kept him off the field for most of two of them. He shares the CSK dressing room with long-serving teammates such as MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, fellow seamers Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur Rahman, and Shivam Dube.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL 2024 Stats
| Category | Figure |
|---|---|
| Matches | 1 |
| Overs | 1.0 |
| Runs Conceded | 27 |
| Wickets | 0 |
| Economy | 27.00 |
| Best | 0/27 |
His 2024 season was over almost before it began. Returning from the back injury that cost him all of 2023, Choudhary got a single outing — against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on 5 April 2024 — and was taken for 27 runs in one over. He did not play again that season. There is no reading more into it than that: one bad over in a comeback game, after a year out, with the attack fully stocked around him.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL 2025 Stats
| Category | Figure |
|---|---|
| Matches | 2 |
| Overs | 6.0 |
| Runs Conceded | 71 |
| Wickets | 1 |
| Average | 71.00 |
| Economy | 11.83 |
| Best | 1/21 |
Re-signed by CSK for INR 30 lakh, Choudhary managed just two appearances in 2025. He took 1 for 21 against Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh — his only wicket of the season — but went wicketless for 50 runs against Delhi Capitals in Chennai. The domestic numbers underneath told a better story: he finished as the third-highest wicket-taker in the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 15 wickets in six matches for Maharashtra, and followed it with a strong 2025-26 Ranji Trophy spell including 5 for 76 against Baroda.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL 2026 Stats
| Category | Figure |
|---|---|
| Matches | 8 |
| Overs | 28.0 |
| Runs Conceded | 249 |
| Wickets | 8 |
| Average | 31.13 |
| Economy | 8.89 |
| Best | 2/21 |
The 2026 season was his busiest since 2022 and, by his own recent standard, his best return. Eight matches brought eight wickets at a noticeably better economy of 8.89 — his first season under 9 runs an over in the IPL. The highlights were spread through the campaign: 2 for 21 against SRH in Hyderabad, 2 for 36 against SRH in Chennai, and 1 for 24 against LSG in Lucknow. His last outing, against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on 21 May 2026, brought 1 for 36 and a 2 not out. Nothing about the season screamed star turn, but after two lost years it looked like a bowler rebuilding a career, over by over.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL 2027 Stats
IPL 2027 statistics are not available yet because the season has not started.
What is known about Choudhary heading into 2027 is all status and no numbers. CSK retained him for IPL 2026 at INR 30 lakh in November 2025, and he repaid that faith with his most productive season since his debut year. His domestic form stayed strong after the IPL season — he took 5 for 78 against Jammu and Kashmir in the Irani Cup in October 2026, earning public praise from CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. No official announcement has been made about his retention, release, or auction status for IPL 2027. This page will be updated when the franchise confirms its plans.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL 2027 Team and Price
Not officially confirmed. Choudhary was retained by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2026 at a price of INR 30 lakh, and CSK has not yet announced its retention decision for IPL 2027. Given his strong 2026 season and continued domestic form, he enters the 2027 planning window as one of the franchise’s low-cost left-arm pace options — but any team or price figure for 2027 published before an official announcement would be speculation.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Career Batting Stats
| Season | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6.00 | 100.00 |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2024 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 2025 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | 2* | – | 100.00 |
| Career | 24 | 8 | 4 | 8.00 | 100.00 |
Batting is a footnote in Choudhary’s IPL story. Across 24 matches he has faced barely a handful of balls, scoring 8 runs with a highest score of 4. He is picked to bowl, and that is exactly how CSK use him.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Career Bowling Stats
| Season | M | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR | Best | 4w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 45.3 | 424 | 16 | 26.50 | 9.32 | 17.06 | 4/46 | 1 |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2024 | 1 | 1.0 | 27 | 0 | – | 27.00 | – | 0/27 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6.0 | 71 | 1 | 71.00 | 11.83 | 36.00 | 1/21 | 0 |
| 2026 | 8 | 28.0 | 249 | 8 | 31.13 | 8.89 | 21.00 | 2/21 | 0 |
| Career | 24 | 80.3 | 771 | 25 | 30.84 | 9.58 | 19.32 | 4/46 | 1 |
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Stats by Year
| Season | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50s | 100s | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | CSK | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9.32 |
| 2023 | CSK | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2024 | CSK | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 |
| 2025 | CSK | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.83 |
| 2026 | CSK | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.89 |
| 2027 | Season not started — team and stats not officially confirmed | ||||||||||
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Highest Score
His highest IPL score is 4, made during his debut season in 2022. Batting is not part of Choudhary’s job description — across his entire IPL career he has batted in only a handful of innings, and the 2026 season added just one unbeaten 2 against Gujarat Titans. Expecting batting records from him misses the point of his selection.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Wickets and Best Bowling
Choudhary has taken 25 IPL wickets in 24 matches at an average of 30.84 and an economy of 9.58. His best figures, 4 for 46, came against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Pune on 1 May 2022 — a spell that headlined his breakthrough season and remains the only four-wicket haul of his IPL career. Sixteen of his 25 career wickets arrived in that 2022 season; the other nine have been spread across 2025 and 2026, with 2023 lost to injury and 2024 limited to a single over.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Auction Price History
| Season | Team | Price (INR) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chennai Super Kings | 20 lakh | Auction (mega auction, bought at base price) |
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | 20 lakh | Retention (missed season — back injury) |
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 20 lakh | Retention |
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | 30 lakh | Auction (re-signed by CSK) |
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | 30 lakh | Retention (November 2025) |
| 2027 | – | – | Not officially confirmed |
Choudhary is one of the IPL’s low-cost success stories from the price side of the game. CSK paid just INR 20 lakh for a bowler who finished as their leading wicket-taker in 2022, then kept him on the books through two injury-hit seasons before bringing him back at INR 30 lakh for 2025 and retaining him at the same figure for 2026. His salary has barely moved across five seasons — a sign of a squad-role bowler the franchise trusts without having to pay star money for.
Mukesh Choudhary IPL Records and Achievements
- Leading wicket-taker for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2022 with 16 wickets in 13 matches.
- Best IPL bowling figures of 4/46 against Sunrisers Hyderabad (Pune, 1 May 2022).
- Bought by CSK at the 2022 mega auction for his base price of INR 20 lakh — one of the season’s best-value signings.
- Leading wicket-taker for Maharashtra in the 2021-22 Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic form that earned him his IPL contract.
- Third-highest wicket-taker in the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 15 wickets in six matches for Maharashtra.
Mukesh Choudhary’s IPL Performance Analysis
The defining feature of Choudhary’s IPL career is the gap between what he showed in 2022 and what injuries allowed afterwards. His debut season produced a strike rate of 17.06 and an average of 26.50 — genuine frontline numbers for a powerplay bowler — and CSK built their new-ball plans around him with Deepak Chahar injured. The back injury that erased his 2023 then stalled him completely: one over in 2024, two matches in 2025. The trend that matters is the direction of his economy rate, which climbed as high as 11.83 in 2025 and then dropped to a career-best 8.89 across eight matches in 2026. That is the shape of a bowler recovering both fitness and rhythm. He is not, and has never been, a containment bowler in the middle overs; his value is up front with the new ball, and his 2026 return suggests CSK may lean on that role more as their attack evolves. The Irani Cup five-wicket haul in October 2026 reinforced the point: the domestic red-ball form has held up even when the IPL game time has not.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Mukesh Choudhary’s IPL 2027 price?
Not officially confirmed. He was retained by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2026 at INR 30 lakh, and CSK has not announced its 2027 decision yet.
Which IPL team does Mukesh Choudhary play for?
Chennai Super Kings. He has spent his entire IPL career with CSK, joining them at the 2022 mega auction.
What are Mukesh Choudhary’s best IPL bowling figures?
4 for 46 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Pune on 1 May 2022, during his breakthrough debut season.
How many IPL wickets has Mukesh Choudhary taken?
25 wickets in 24 matches through the end of IPL 2026, at an average of 30.84 and an economy of 9.58.
Why did Mukesh Choudhary miss IPL 2023?
He was ruled out of the entire season with a back injury, despite being retained by CSK.
What is Mukesh Choudhary’s bowling style?
Left-arm medium. He is a new-ball specialist who swings the ball in the powerplay.
Was Mukesh Choudhary retained for IPL 2027?
Not officially confirmed. CSK retained him for IPL 2026 at INR 30 lakh, but no announcement about IPL 2027 has been made.
Which domestic team does Mukesh Choudhary play for?
Maharashtra. He plays his domestic cricket for Maharashtra, having moved there from Rajasthan.
Sources and Data Notes
Season and career figures are cross-checked across the official IPL site (IPL player page), Cricbuzz’s match-by-match logs, ESPNcricinfo’s career data via Wikipedia’s cited statistics, and established sports press coverage of his auctions, retentions, injuries, and recent Irani Cup performance. 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
