IPL playerAustralia2016 to 2025
Adam Zampa
On scorecards: A Zampa · Right-hand bat
Adam Zampa, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for four franchises.
The arrival
Adam Zampa arrived through the auction: Rising Pune Supergiants paid ₹30 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 5 matches and 12 wickets at 6.76 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2016, for Rising Pune Supergiants: 12 wickets at 6.76 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.15, with best figures of 6 for 19.
Franchise by franchise
2016 to 2017, Rising Pune Supergiants. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹30 lakh. 11 matches and 19 wickets.
2020, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Arrived outside the auction. 3 matches and 2 wickets.
2023, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹1.50 cr. 6 matches and 8 wickets.
2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.40 cr. 2 matches and 2 wickets.
4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Rising Pune Supergiants, 2016 to 2017. 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 31 wickets in 467 deliveries, at 8.38 runs an over against a league rate of 8.49 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 6 for 19.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
Adam Zampa went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹2.40 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹30 lakh in 2016, ₹2.40 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2019, Adam Zampa was bought again in 2023 by Rajasthan Royals.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Adam Zampa made 22 IPL appearances, the last for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2025, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 12 | 6.76 | 6/19 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 71.4 | 0/0 | 7 | 8.22 | 2/22 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 8.36 | 1/12 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3.3 | 62.5 | 0/0 | 8 | 8.55 | 3/22 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 11.75 | 1/46 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Rising Pune Supergiants: 2016 to 2017
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2020
- Rajasthan Royals: 2023
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 24 |
| Balls per six | 24 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.8% |
| Balls per wicket | 15.1 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for ₹30 lakh |
| 2019 | Spin Bowler | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2020 | Spin Bowler | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
| 2023 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.50 cr |
| 2025 | SP1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2.40 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet