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Aniket Choudhary
On scorecards: A Choudhary · Right-hand bat
Aniket Choudhary, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2017: 5 matches, 25 runs, 5 wickets.
The arrival
Aniket Choudhary arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹2.0 cr, against a base price of ₹10 lakh. That debut came after going unsold once (2014).
That first season brought 5 matches, 25 runs and 5 wickets at 8.47 an over.
At the auction
Aniket Choudhary went under the hammer five times, bought twice and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹2.0 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017, more than 20 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2018, cost ₹30 lakh. Unsold in 2014, Aniket Choudhary was bought in 2017 by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Aniket Choudhary made 5 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 25 | 15* | 25.0 | 125.0 | 0/0 | 5 | 8.47 | 2/17 | 0 |
Franchise journey
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 20% |
| Balls per four | 20 |
| Balls per six | 20 |
| Dot balls bowled | 41.6% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.2 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Fast Bowler | ₹10 lakh | Unsold |
| 2017 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.0 cr |
| 2018 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹30 lakh |
| 2022 | – | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | UFA2 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet