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Anshul Kamboj

On scorecards: A Kamboj · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
25
Matches
74
Runs
SR 142.3
31
Wickets
econ 9.83
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2024 to 2026 · Sources

Anshul Kamboj, a bowler, has played three IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Anshul Kamboj arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹20 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold once (2023).

That first season brought 3 matches, 2 runs and 2 wickets at 11.03 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2026, for Chennai Super Kings: 21 wickets at 10.39 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.73, with best figures of 3 for 22.

Franchise by franchise

2024, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹20 lakh. 3 matches and 2 wickets.

2025 to 2026, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹3.40 cr. 22 matches and 29 wickets.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2025 to 2026.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 31 wickets in 498 deliveries, at 9.83 runs an over against a league rate of 9.62 for the same seasons: 0.21 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.

The fielding record: 6 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Anshul Kamboj has gone under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹3.40 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2025, more than 11 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2024, ₹3.40 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2023, Anshul Kamboj was bought in 2024 by Mumbai Indians.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

Anshul Kamboj has made 25 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings in 2026.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2024Mumbai Indians322*–100.00/0211.031/243
2025Chennai Super Kings8145*7.0116.70/087.943/131
2026Chennai Super Kings145819*58.0152.60/02110.393/222

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced26.9%
Balls per four10.4
Balls per six13
Dot balls bowled37.9%
Balls per wicket15.8
Catches6
Run-outs1
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2023UAL6₹20 lakhUnsold
2024–₹20 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹20 lakh
2025ACC₹30 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹3.40 cr

Sources