IPL playerIndia2017 to 2026
Avesh Khan
Right-hand bat
Avesh Khan, a bowler, has played ten IPL seasons for four franchises. In ten seasons the title has not yet come.
The arrival
Avesh Khan's first IPL season was 2017, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 1 match and 1 wicket.
The peak
The best season was 2021, for Delhi Capitals: 24 wickets at 7.36 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 3 for 13. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2021, 2022 and 2024).
Franchise by franchise
2017, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 1 match and 1 wicket.
2018 to 2021, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹70 lakh. 24 matches and 28 wickets.
2022 to 2023, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹10 cr. 22 matches and 26 wickets.
2024, Rajasthan Royals. Arrived outside the auction. 15 matches and 19 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Lucknow Super Giants, second time round. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹9.75 cr. 20 matches and 19 wickets.
5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2018 to 2021.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 93 wickets in 1,771 deliveries, at 9.26 runs an over against a league rate of 8.79 for the same seasons: 0.47 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 24.
34.5% of the balls Avesh Khan bowled were dots, a lower share than 54% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 19 balls.
The fielding record: 13 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Avesh Khan has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹10 cr, paid by Lucknow Super Giants in 2022, more than 50 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹70 lakh in 2018, ₹9.75 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Avesh Khan has made 82 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 5.75 | 1/23 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Delhi Daredevils | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 4 | 10.64 | 2/29 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 4 | 4* | – | 133.3 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.00 | - | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 10.50 | - | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 166.7 | 0/0 | 24 | 7.36 | 3/13 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 22 | 12 | 22.0 | 169.2 | 0/0 | 18 | 8.70 | 4/24 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 8 | 9.76 | 3/25 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 10 | 7* | – | 200.0 | 0/0 | 19 | 9.56 | 3/27 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 21 | 19* | 21.0 | 175.0 | 0/0 | 13 | 10.29 | 3/37 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Lucknow Super Giants | 7 | 6 | 4* | 6.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 6 | 11.07 | 2/23 | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2017
- Delhi Daredevils: 2018 to 2021
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2022 to 2023
- Rajasthan Royals: 2024
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 44.2% |
| Balls per four | 6.1 |
| Balls per six | 10.8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 34.5% |
| Balls per wicket | 19 |
| Catches | 13 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹70 lakh |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹10 cr |
| 2025 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹9.75 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet