IPL playerIndia2023 to 2025
Akash Madhwal
Right-hand bat
Akash Madhwal, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Akash Madhwal's first IPL season was 2023, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction. That debut came after going unsold once (2022).
That first season brought 8 matches and 14 wickets at 8.32 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Mumbai Indians: 14 wickets at 8.32 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 5 for 5.
Franchise by franchise
2023 to 2024, Mumbai Indians. 13 matches and 19 wickets.
2025, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹1.20 cr. 4 matches and 4 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2023 to 2024.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 23 wickets in 359 deliveries, at 9.86 runs an over against a league rate of 9.14 for the same seasons: 0.72 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There were two four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 5.
The fielding record: 1 catch and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Akash Madhwal went under the hammer three times, bought once and left unsold twice. The price was ₹1.20 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2025, more than 4 times the base price. Unsold in 2022, Akash Madhwal was bought in 2025 by Rajasthan Royals.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Akash Madhwal made 17 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2025, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 14 | 8.32 | 5/5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 4 | 4* | – | 80.0 | 0/0 | 5 | 11.08 | 3/20 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 4 | 4* | – | 44.4 | 0/0 | 4 | 11.07 | 3/29 | 0 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2023 to 2024
- Rajasthan Royals: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 14 |
| Balls per six | 14 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.8% |
| Balls per wicket | 15.3 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet