IPL playerSouth Africa2020 to 2026
Anrich Nortje
On scorecards: A Nortje · Right-hand bat
Anrich Nortje, a bowler, has played seven IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Anrich Nortje's first IPL season was 2020, with Delhi Capitals, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 16 matches, 7 runs and 22 wickets at 8.39 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2020, for Delhi Capitals: 22 wickets at 8.39 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.14, with best figures of 3 for 33.
Franchise by franchise
2020 to 2024, Delhi Capitals. 46 matches and 60 wickets.
2025, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹6.50 cr. 2 matches and 1 wicket.
2026, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2026 auction for ₹2 cr. 1 match.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Capitals, 2020 to 2024.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 61 wickets in 1,128 deliveries, at 9.02 runs an over against a league rate of 8.49 for the same seasons: 0.53 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
37.7% of the balls Anrich Nortje bowled were dots, a higher share than 68% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 18.4 balls.
The fielding record: 10 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Anrich Nortje has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹6.50 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2025, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2019, ₹2 cr by 2026. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Anrich Nortje has made 49 IPL appearances, the latest for Lucknow Super Giants in 2026, and has won 3 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 16 | 7 | 3* | 7.0 | 116.7 | 0/0 | 22 | 8.39 | 3/33 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 12 | 6.16 | 2/12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 1 | 1* | – | 16.7 | 0/0 | 9 | 9.43 | 3/42 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | 10 | 37 | 23* | 12.3 | 127.6 | 0/0 | 10 | 8.99 | 2/20 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | Delhi Capitals | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 7 | 13.26 | 3/59 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 11.86 | 1/23 | 1 | ||
| 2026 | Lucknow Super Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | 9.75 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Capitals: 2020 to 2024
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2025
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 48% |
| Balls per four | 8.3 |
| Balls per six | 50 |
| Dot balls bowled | 37.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 18.4 |
| Catches | 10 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹20 lakh |
| 2025 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹6.50 cr |
| 2026 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹2 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet