The numbers tell two very different stories about Sameer Rizvi IPL stats. In the December 2023 auction, Chennai Super Kings spent ₹8.40 crore on the uncapped 20-year-old from Meerut — the highest price paid for any uncapped player that year. Twelve months later, after a debut season that produced just 51 runs in eight matches, CSK released him, and Delhi Capitals picked him up for ₹95 lakh. What followed was one of the sharpest career turns in the league: 121 runs at a strike rate above 153 in 2025, then a genuine breakout in 2026, headlined by an unbeaten 70 against Lucknow Super Giants and a 90 against Mumbai Indians. This page brings together Sameer Rizvi’s complete IPL record — season-by-season batting numbers, career totals, auction price history and his confirmed status ahead of IPL 2027.
Rizvi bats right-handed in the middle order and has not bowled in the IPL. His 2024 was a cautionary tale about auction money and expectations; his 2026 was the answer. Across 21 IPL matches he has 381 runs at a strike rate of 145.41, with three fifties and a highest score of 90. The IPL 2027 season has not started, so his 2027 team and price are not officially confirmed. Below is the full verified picture of his league career so far.
Sameer Rizvi IPL Stats Overview
| Detail | Record |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Sameer Rizvi |
| IPL Debut | 2024 (Chennai Super Kings) |
| Role | Middle-order batter |
| Batting Style | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm off-break (has not bowled in IPL) |
| Current IPL Team | Delhi Capitals (2025–2026) |
| IPL Matches | 21 |
| IPL Runs | 381 |
| Highest Score | 90 |
| IPL 2027 Team | Not officially confirmed |
| IPL 2027 Price | Not officially confirmed |
Who Is Sameer Rizvi?
Sameer Rizvi was born on 6 December 2003 in Loiya village, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, and plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut at 16, in January 2020, and had already established himself as a heavy run-scorer at age-group level — most notably 450 runs in five matches at the 2022 Vinoo Mankad Trophy. His coaching story runs through his maternal uncle, Tankeeb Akhtar, who trained him from the age of eleven at academies in Meerut. One of his earliest famous moments came at eight, when his fielding caught Suresh Raina’s eye at a Ranji Trophy match and Raina handed him his sunglasses — a story Rizvi has cited as a spur to take cricket seriously.
He is a middle-order finisher who attacks with power rather than accumulation, and he built his pre-IPL reputation almost entirely on one tournament: the 2023 UP T20 League, where he scored 455 runs in nine innings with two centuries, including a 47-ball hundred. He is uncapped at international level, having represented India at under-19 level, and plays exclusively as a batter in the IPL.
Sameer Rizvi IPL Teams
| Season | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | Bought at auction — ₹8.40 crore |
| 2025 | Delhi Capitals | Bought at mega auction — ₹95 lakh |
| 2026 | Delhi Capitals | Retained — ₹95 lakh |
| 2027 | – | Not officially confirmed |
Rizvi’s franchise journey is one of the IPL’s most dramatic price swings. CSK made him the most expensive uncapped signing of the 2024 auction to fill the middle-order gap left by Ambati Rayudu’s departure, but 51 runs in eight matches convinced them to move on. At the 2025 mega auction Delhi Capitals bought him for ₹95 lakh, with CSK the only other bidder, and his back-to-back improved seasons earned him a retention for 2026. Whether Delhi keep him again for 2027 will only be known once the official retention list is announced.
Sameer Rizvi IPL 2024 Stats
| Discipline | Figures |
|---|---|
| Matches | 8 |
| Innings | 5 |
| Runs | 51 |
| Highest Score | 21 |
| Average | 12.75 |
| Strike Rate | 118.60 |
| 50s / 100s | 0 / 0 |
| Fours / Sixes | 4 / 2 |
The debut season never took off. Beyond the headline-grabbing debut — when he launched Rashid Khan for a six in his first innings — Rizvi got only 43 balls across his five innings and never found rhythm. At ₹8.40 crore, the return of 51 runs was impossible for CSK to defend, and the decision to release him ahead of the 2025 mega auction was expected. He finished the season with an average of 12.75, the lowest of his three IPL years.
Sameer Rizvi IPL 2025 Stats
| Discipline | Figures |
|---|---|
| Matches | 5 |
| Innings | 4 |
| Runs | 121 |
| Highest Score | 58* |
| Average | 40.33 |
| Strike Rate | 153.16 |
| 50s / 100s | 1 / 0 |
| Fours / Sixes | 11 / 7 |
At Delhi Capitals the weight of the price tag fell away, and Rizvi’s batting loosened up immediately. His maiden IPL fifty — 58 off 25 balls — showed the power game he had displayed in the UP T20 League, and the strike rate of 153.16 was the best of his career. It was a small sample of four innings, but the intent was unmistakable, and Delhi retained him for 2026 on the strength of it. He also held two catches in the field.
Sameer Rizvi IPL 2026 Stats
| Discipline | Figures |
|---|---|
| Matches | 8 |
| Innings | – |
| Runs | 209 |
| Highest Score | 90 |
| Average | 34.83 |
| Strike Rate | 149.28 |
| 50s / 100s | 2 / 0 |
| Fours / Sixes | 15 / 13 |
This was the breakout. Rizvi opened Delhi’s 2026 campaign with an unbeaten 70 off 47 balls against Lucknow Super Giants — winning Player of the Match — and followed it with 90 against Mumbai Indians, the highest score of his IPL career and another Player-of-the-Match award. Across the season he scored 209 runs at 149.28, comfortably his most productive IPL year, and the thirteen sixes confirmed the finishing role Delhi had bought him for.
Sameer Rizvi IPL 2027 Stats
IPL 2027 statistics are not available yet because the season has not started. No matches have been played, so there are no runs, averages, strike rates or wickets to record for 2027. This section will be updated with verified season figures once the tournament begins.
Sameer Rizvi IPL 2027 Team and Price
Sameer Rizvi’s team and price for IPL 2027 are not officially confirmed. The retention and auction window for the 2027 season has not concluded, so his status — whether Delhi Capitals retain him again or he goes back into the auction pool — remains open. Media speculation currently runs in both directions, with one outlet listing him as likely to be retained by Delhi and another naming him a possible release candidate, so neither scenario should be treated as confirmed. He was last retained by Delhi Capitals for ₹95 lakh ahead of the 2026 season.
Sameer Rizvi IPL Career Batting Stats
| Stat | Figure |
|---|---|
| Matches | 21 |
| Runs | 381 |
| Highest Score | 90 |
| Average | 29.30 |
| Strike Rate | 145.41 |
| 100s | 0 |
| 50s | 3 |
| Fours | 30 |
| Sixes | 22 |
| Catches | 5 |
Sameer Rizvi IPL Stats by Year
| Season | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50s | 100s | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CSK | 8 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 12.75 | 118.60 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 2025 | DC | 5 | 4 | 121 | 58* | 40.33 | 153.16 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 2026 | DC | 8 | – | 209 | 90 | 34.83 | 149.28 | 2 | 0 | – | – |
Season runs sum to the career total of 381. Rizvi has not bowled in the IPL, so wickets and economy are not applicable. The career average of 29.30 and strike rate of 145.41 place him firmly in the finishing-batter category his teams have used him in.
Sameer Rizvi IPL Highest Score
Sameer Rizvi’s highest IPL score is 90, made for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians in the 2026 season. It came as the second half of his back-to-back Player-of-the-Match run that year, following his unbeaten 70 against Lucknow Super Giants, and it remains his standout IPL innings. Before 2026 his best was the 58 not out from the 2025 season. He has not yet scored an IPL century.
Sameer Rizvi IPL Batting Records
- Highest IPL score of 90 vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2026
- Three IPL fifties, no centuries — all three came in the 2025 and 2026 seasons
- Career IPL strike rate of 145.41 across 21 matches
- Maiden IPL fifty: 58 off 25 balls in 2025, his fastest IPL innings
- Back-to-back Player-of-the-Match awards in IPL 2026 (70* vs LSG, 90 vs MI)
- Six off Rashid Khan on IPL debut in 2024, reported as his first boundary in the league
Sameer Rizvi IPL Auction Price History
| Season | Team | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | ₹8.40 crore | Auction — bought (most expensive uncapped buy of the auction) |
| 2025 | Delhi Capitals | ₹95 lakh | Auction — bought (base price ₹30 lakh) |
| 2026 | Delhi Capitals | ₹95 lakh | Retention — retained |
| 2027 | – | Not officially confirmed | – |
Sameer Rizvi IPL Records and Achievements
- Most expensive uncapped player of the IPL 2024 auction — ₹8.40 crore, bought by Chennai Super Kings
- Announced his IPL debut by hitting Rashid Khan for a six in his first innings, 2024
- Player of the Match in Delhi Capitals’ IPL 2026 opener (unbeaten 70 off 47 vs Lucknow Super Giants)
- Player of the Match again in his next innings — 90 vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2026
- Before the IPL: leading run-scorer of the 2023 UP T20 League with 455 runs in nine innings, including a 47-ball century
Sameer Rizvi’s IPL Performance Analysis
The trajectory across the three seasons is unusually clean: each year has been materially better than the last. In 2024 the numbers say a young batter froze under the weight of ₹8.40 crore — 51 runs at 118.60 is simply not IPL standard, and the sample (five innings, 43 balls) shows how little trust CSK ended up placing in him. The move to Delhi reset everything. His 2025 strike rate of 153.16 is elite finishing territory, and while it came in just four innings, the 2026 season validated it over twice as many matches: 209 runs, two fifties, a strike rate of 149.28 and thirteen sixes in eight games.
The caveat remains sample size. Twenty-one matches is a thin base, and his entire reputation as an IPL batter rests on roughly a dozen productive innings across two seasons in Delhi blue. The 2026 season also showed where he is used — middle order, finishing role, trusted against pace and spin — which explains the high strike rates against modest averages. Whether that is a breakout or a peak will be decided by the next 20 matches. Alongside his Delhi teammate Ajay Mandal, Rizvi forms part of a young Indian core the Capitals have invested in, while his former CSK colleagues like Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja have watched from the other dugout since his move. His debut season unfolded under MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings, and his retention history can be read against the IPL 2027 retention rules, with the mini vs mega auction guide explaining the different sale routes he has travelled.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sameer Rizvi’s IPL 2027 team and price?
Not officially confirmed. The IPL 2027 season has not started and the retention and auction window has not concluded, so his 2027 team and price will be confirmed through official announcements.
How many IPL runs has Sameer Rizvi scored?
Sameer Rizvi has scored 381 runs in 21 IPL matches at an average of 29.30 and a strike rate of 145.41, with a highest score of 90 and three fifties.
Which IPL teams has Sameer Rizvi played for?
Chennai Super Kings in 2024 and Delhi Capitals from 2025 to 2026. His IPL 2027 team is not officially confirmed.
How much did Chennai Super Kings pay for Sameer Rizvi?
CSK bought him for ₹8.40 crore at the IPL 2024 auction, making him the most expensive uncapped player of that auction.
Why did CSK release Sameer Rizvi?
After scoring just 51 runs in eight matches in 2024, CSK did not retain him ahead of the 2025 mega auction. Delhi Capitals then bought him for ₹95 lakh, with CSK the only other bidder.
What is Sameer Rizvi’s highest IPL score?
His highest IPL score is 90, made for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians in the 2026 season.
How many IPL fifties does Sameer Rizvi have?
Three fifties in 21 matches. He has not scored an IPL century.
What is Sameer Rizvi’s batting role in the IPL?
He is a right-handed middle-order batter used primarily as a finisher, with a career IPL strike rate of 145.41. He has not bowled in the IPL.
Sources and Data Notes
Statistics cross-checked against AllCric’s Sameer Rizvi biography (career tables and records), SportsCafe’s player profile (auction and retention history), myKhel’s IPL season tables, CricketTop’s profile (debut and highlights), the Durham CCC feature on his 2026 breakout, and established sports press coverage of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 auctions. Season-by-season IPL batting innings for 2026 are not available from reliable sources and are 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: 8 October 2026
