IPL playerIndia2025 to 2026
Ashwani Kumar
Right-hand bat
Ashwani Kumar, a bowler, has played two IPL seasons, both with Mumbai Indians.
The arrival
Ashwani Kumar arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹30 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold twice (2023 and 2024).
That first season brought 7 matches and 11 wickets at 11.14 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2025, for Mumbai Indians: 11 wickets at 11.14 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.48, with best figures of 4 for 24.
One franchise
Ashwani Kumar has spent the whole IPL career with Mumbai Indians, from 2025 to 2026.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 17 wickets in 185 deliveries, at 10.83 runs an over against a league rate of 9.56 for the same seasons: 1.27 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There were two four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 4 for 24.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
At the auction
Ashwani Kumar has gone under the hammer three times, bought once and left unsold twice. The price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2025. Unsold in 2023, Ashwani Kumar was bought in 2025 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
Ashwani Kumar has made 10 IPL appearances, the latest for Mumbai Indians in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 11 | 11.14 | 4/24 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 1 | 1* | – | 16.7 | 0/0 | 6 | 10.20 | 4/24 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 83.3% |
| Balls per four | 6 |
| Balls per six | 6 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 10.8 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet