IPL playerIndia2013 to 2020
Ankit Rajpoot
On scorecards: AS Rajpoot · Right-hand bat
Ankit Rajpoot, a bowler, played six IPL seasons for four franchises.
The arrival
Ankit Rajpoot's first IPL season was 2013, with Chennai Super Kings, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 2 matches, 2 runs and 1 wicket.
The peak
The best season was 2018, for Kings XI Punjab: 11 wickets at 8.42 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.50, with best figures of 5 for 14.
Franchise by franchise
2013, Chennai Super Kings. 2 matches and 1 wicket.
2016 to 2017, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹1.5 cr. 9 matches and 7 wickets.
2018 to 2019, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹3.0 cr. 12 matches and 14 wickets.
2020, Rajasthan Royals. Arrived outside the auction. 6 matches and 2 wickets.
4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2016 to 2017. 2014 and 2015 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 24 wickets in 539 deliveries, at 9.06 runs an over against a league rate of 8.25 for the same seasons: 0.81 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 5 for 14.
36.3% of the balls Ankit Rajpoot bowled were dots, a higher share than 62% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 22 balls.
The fielding record: 3 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Ankit Rajpoot went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹3.0 cr, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2018, more than 10 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹50 lakh. Unsold in 2021, Ankit Rajpoot was bought again in 2022 by Lucknow Super Giants. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Lucknow Super Giants in 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Ankit Rajpoot made 29 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2020, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 2 | 2* | – | 33.3 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.75 | 1/25 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 8.78 | 1/14 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 57.1 | 0/0 | 4 | 7.64 | 3/37 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3.7 | 61.1 | 0/0 | 11 | 8.42 | 5/14 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 9.03 | 2/33 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 9 | 7* | 9.0 | 90.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 11.48 | 1/39 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2013
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2016 to 2017
- Kings XI Punjab: 2018 to 2019
- Rajasthan Royals: 2020
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 65.9% |
| Balls per four | 20.5 |
| Balls per six | 41 |
| Dot balls bowled | 36.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 22 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.5 cr |
| 2018 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹3.0 cr |
| 2021 | – | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹50 lakh |
| 2023 | UFA3 | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | UFA5 | ₹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