IPL playerSouth Africa2021 to 2026
Aiden Markram
On scorecards: AK Markram · Right-hand bat
Aiden Markram, a batter, has played six IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Aiden Markram's first IPL season was 2021, with Punjab Kings, a signing made outside the auction. That debut came after going unsold once (2018).
That first season brought 6 matches and 146 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2025, for Lucknow Super Giants: 445 runs at an average of 34.2, striking at 148.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 152.9, with 5 fifties, and a highest score of 66.
Franchise by franchise
2021, Punjab Kings. 6 matches and 146 runs.
2022 to 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹2.60 cr. 38 matches, 849 runs and 2 wickets; captain in 2023.
2025 to 2026, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2 cr. 25 matches, 676 runs and 4 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2022 to 2024.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Aiden Markram has struck at 135.4. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 144.7, so Aiden Markram has scored about 9 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 56% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 131 fours and 68 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 30.3% of the balls Aiden Markram faced were dot balls, a lower share than 94% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 18.2 balls, and a four every 9.4.
With the ball, 6 wickets in 224 deliveries, at 9.56 runs an over against a league rate of 9.01 for the same seasons: 0.55 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 39 catches.
At the auction
Aiden Markram has gone under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹2.60 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022. Unsold in 2018, Aiden Markram was bought in 2022 by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Aiden Markram has made 69 IPL appearances, the latest for Lucknow Super Giants in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 6 | 146 | 42 | 29.2 | 122.7 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.75 | - | 3 | ||
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 381 | 68* | 47.6 | 139.1 | 3/0 | 1 | 10.67 | 1/8 | 6 | ||
| 2023 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 248 | 50 | 22.5 | 125.9 | 1/0 | 1 | 8.57 | 1/24 | 10 | Captain | |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 11 | 220 | 50 | 24.4 | 124.3 | 1/0 | 0 | 6.92 | - | 5 | ||
| 2025 | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 445 | 66 | 34.2 | 148.8 | 5/0 | 4 | 9.27 | 2/30 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Lucknow Super Giants | 12 | 231 | 45 | 23.1 | 137.5 | 0/0 | 0 | 13.83 | - | 8 |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2021
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2022 to 2024
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 30.3% |
| Balls per four | 9.4 |
| Balls per six | 18.2 |
| Dot balls bowled | 24.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 37.2 |
| Catches | 39 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | BA2 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2.60 cr |
| 2025 | BA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹2 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet