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IPL playerAfghanistan2024 to 2026

Azmatullah Omarzai

Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
20
Matches
151
Runs
SR 149.5
15
Wickets
econ 9.63
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

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

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 ₹2.40 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 ₹2.40 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹50 lakh in 2024, ₹2.40 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

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
2024Gujarat Titans7421710.5127.30/048.862/270
2025Punjab Kings105721*14.3139.00/0810.332/330
2026Punjab Kings3523826.0192.60/039.362/360

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 faced36.6%
Balls per four9.2
Balls per six10.1
Dot balls bowled33.3%
Balls per wicket23.6

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
2024AL1₹50 lakhSold to Gujarat Titans for ₹50 lakh
2025ACC₹1.50 crSold to Punjab Kings for ₹2.40 cr

Sources