IPL playerIndia2021 to 2025
Chetan Sakariya
On scorecards: C Sakariya · Right-hand bat
Chetan Sakariya, a bowler, played four IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Chetan Sakariya arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹1.20 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh. That debut came after going unsold once (2019).
That first season brought 14 matches, 16 runs and 14 wickets at 8.09 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2021, for Rajasthan Royals: 14 wickets at 8.09 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 3 for 31.
Franchise by franchise
2021, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹1.20 cr. 14 matches and 14 wickets.
2022 to 2023, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹4.20 cr. 5 matches and 6 wickets.
2025, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Capitals, 2022 to 2023. 2024 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 20 wickets in 449 deliveries, at 8.53 runs an over against a league rate of 8.11 for the same seasons: 0.42 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 6 catches.
At the auction
Chetan Sakariya went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹4.20 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2022, more than 8 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2024, cost ₹50 lakh. Unsold in 2019, Chetan Sakariya was bought in 2021 by Rajasthan Royals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Chetan Sakariya made 20 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2025.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3.2 | 64.0 | 0/0 | 14 | 8.09 | 3/31 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 7.64 | 2/23 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 3 | 10.90 | 2/53 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 13.00 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2021
- Delhi Capitals: 2022 to 2023
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 64.5% |
| Balls per four | 10.3 |
| Balls per six | 31 |
| Dot balls bowled | 32.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 22.2 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fast Bowler | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2021 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.20 cr |
| 2022 | FA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹4.20 cr |
| 2024 | FA1 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹50 lakh |
| 2025 | FA6 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2026 | FA2 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet