IPL playerWest Indies2019 to 2024
Alzarri Joseph
On scorecards: AS Joseph · Right-hand bat
Alzarri Joseph, a bowler, played four IPL seasons for three franchises. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
Alzarri Joseph's first IPL season was 2019, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 3 matches, 15 runs and 6 wickets, and ended with Mumbai Indians as champions.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Gujarat Titans: 7 wickets at 9.38 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 2 for 27.
Franchise by franchise
2019, Mumbai Indians. 3 matches and 6 wickets; champions in 2019.
2022 to 2023, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹2.40 cr. 16 matches and 14 wickets; champions in 2022.
2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹11.50 cr. 3 matches and 1 wicket.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Gujarat Titans, 2022 to 2023. 2020 and 2021 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 21 wickets in 435 deliveries, at 9.53 runs an over against a league rate of 8.63 for the same seasons: 0.91 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 6 for 12.
The fielding record: 3 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Alzarri Joseph went under the hammer five times, bought twice and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹11.50 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024, more than 11 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2.40 cr in 2022, ₹11.50 cr by 2024. Unsold in 2020, Alzarri Joseph was bought in 2022 by Gujarat Titans.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Alzarri Joseph made 22 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 15 | 15* | – | 115.4 | 0/0 | 6 | 10.04 | 6/12 | 0 | 1 | Champions |
| 2022 | Gujarat Titans | 9 | 5 | 4* | 5.0 | 71.4 | 0/0 | 7 | 8.75 | 2/34 | 1 | Champions | |
| 2023 | Gujarat Titans | 7 | 7 | 7* | – | 58.3 | 0/0 | 7 | 9.38 | 2/27 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 11.90 | 1/43 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2019
- Gujarat Titans: 2022 to 2023
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 10.7 |
| Balls per six | 32 |
| Dot balls bowled | 37.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.7 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Fast Bowler | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹2.40 cr |
| 2024 | FA1 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹11.50 cr |
| 2025 | FA4 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
| 2026 | FA3 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet