Romario Shepherd’s IPL journey is the story of a specialist finisher who kept getting better at the one job franchises keep asking him to do. The Guyanese all-rounder arrived in the league in 2022 as a 7.75-crore gamble by Sunrisers Hyderabad, drifted through one-game stints at Lucknow Super Giants and a trade to Mumbai Indians,…
When the Mumbai Indians paid INR 4.80 crore for an uncapped Sri Lankan seamer in the IPL 2024 auction, plenty of eyebrows went up. But Nuwan Thushara arrived in the IPL with a rare asset: a Lasith Malinga style slinging action and yorkers that had just earned him a T20I hat trick for Sri Lanka….
Mohammad Nabi’s IPL stats tell the story of a cricketer whose value to the league was never fully captured by his numbers. In February 2017, Sunrisers Hyderabad made him the first Afghanistan player ever bought at an IPL auction, picking him up at his base price of Rs 30 lakh. Two months later, on 17…
Luke Wood’s IPL career so far is a story of two very different chapters. The England left-arm fast-medium bowler arrived at Mumbai Indians in March 2024 as an injury replacement for Jason Behrendorff, played two matches, and took one wicket while conceding 15.50 runs an over. That is his entire IPL playing record to date….
Akash Madhwal IPL stats tell the story of one of the most unlikely breakthroughs in recent league history. A civil engineer from Roorkee who played only tennis-ball cricket until the age of 24, Madhwal exploded into the IPL in 2023 when he destroyed Lucknow Super Giants with figures of 5 for 5 in the Eliminator…
Kumar Kartikeya’s IPL story began the way few cricketers would choose. He went unsold at the 2022 mega auction, then watched as Mumbai Indians — who had seen him up close as a net bowler — signed him as a replacement when Mohd Arshad Khan was ruled out with an injury. Within days of joining…
Piyush Chawla IPL 2027 Stats: Wickets, Price, Team Piyush Chawla IPL Stats tell the story of one of the most durable spinners the league has seen. The Uttar Pradesh leg spinner played 192 IPL matches between 2008 and 2024 and finished with exactly 192 wickets, a figure that places him fourth on the all time…
The No. 3 batting position in the IPL has produced some of the most famous innings in the history of the tournament. AB de Villiers 133 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians in 2015 is the highest individual score by a No. 3 batter in IPL history. No batter walking in at…
Nehal Wadhera IPL 2027 Stats: Runs, Price, Team Nehal Wadhera’s IPL story is one of the more interesting young-batter arcs of the last few seasons. Picked up by Mumbai Indians for just Rs 20 lakh in the December 2022 auction, the left-hander from Ludhiana announced himself with 241 runs in his debut 2023 season, including…
Few players in the IPL have built a career on doing less with more. Tim David bats in the death overs, where there is no time to settle, and he has made a habit of turning six or eight balls into a match-turning burst. Over 66 IPL matches, the Australian power-hitter has stacked up 1,151…
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