IPL playerAfghanistan2024 to 2026
Azmatullah Omarzai
Right-hand bat
Azmatullah Omarzai, a bowler, has played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Azmatullah Omarzai arrived through the auction: Gujarat Titans paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 7 matches, 42 runs and 4 wickets at 8.86 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2025, for Punjab Kings: 8 wickets at 10.33 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.48, with best figures of 2 for 33.
Franchise by franchise
2024, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹50 lakh. 7 matches and 4 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.4 cr. 13 matches, 109 runs and 11 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Punjab Kings, 2025 to 2026.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 15 wickets in 354 deliveries, at 9.63 runs an over against a league rate of 9.49 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
At the auction
Azmatullah Omarzai has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹2.4 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹50 lakh in 2024, ₹2.4 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
Azmatullah Omarzai has made 20 IPL appearances, the latest for Punjab Kings in 2026.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gujarat Titans | 7 | 42 | 17 | 10.5 | 127.3 | 0/0 | 4 | 8.86 | 2/27 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Punjab Kings | 10 | 57 | 21* | 14.3 | 139.0 | 0/0 | 8 | 10.33 | 2/33 | 0 | ||
| 2026 | Punjab Kings | 3 | 52 | 38 | 26.0 | 192.6 | 0/0 | 3 | 9.36 | 2/36 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Gujarat Titans: 2024
- Punjab Kings: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.6% |
| Balls per four | 9.2 |
| Balls per six | 10.1 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 23.6 |
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