IPL playerAfghanistan2026
Allah Ghazanfar
On scorecards: AM Ghazanfar · Right-hand bat
Allah Ghazanfar, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Mumbai Indians, 2026: 11 matches, 2 runs, 15 wickets.
The arrival
Allah Ghazanfar's first IPL season was 2026, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction. That debut came after going unsold once (2024).
That first season brought 11 matches, 2 runs and 15 wickets at 10.02 an over.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 15 wickets in 233 deliveries, at 10.02 runs an over against a league rate of 9.73 for the same seasons: 0.29 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
Allah Ghazanfar has gone under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹4.80 cr, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2025, more than 6 times the base price. Unsold in 2024, Allah Ghazanfar was bought in 2025 by Mumbai Indians. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Allah Ghazanfar has made 11 IPL appearances, the latest for Mumbai Indians in 2026.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mumbai Indians | 11 | 2 | 2* | – | 66.7 | 0/0 | 15 | 10.02 | 2/17 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 33.3% |
| Balls per four | 3 |
| Balls per six | 3 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.6% |
| Balls per wicket | 15.5 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| 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