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IPL playerIndia2022 to 2024

Darshan Nalkande

On scorecards: DG Nalkande · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
6
Matches
12
Runs
SR 109.1
6
Wickets
econ 10.45
1
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2022 to 2024 · Sources

Darshan Nalkande, a bowler, played three IPL seasons, all of them with Gujarat Titans. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Darshan Nalkande arrived through the auction: Gujarat Titans paid ₹20 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 2 matches and 2 wickets, and ended with Gujarat Titans as champions.

One franchise

Darshan Nalkande spent the whole IPL career with Gujarat Titans, from 2022 to 2024. The club won the title with Darshan Nalkande in the side: 2022.

How the wickets came

The fielding record: 2 catches.

At the auction

Darshan Nalkande went under the hammer four times, bought three times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2019. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kings XI Punjab in 2019 and Delhi Capitals in 2025.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Darshan Nalkande made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Gujarat Titans in 2024.

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
2022Gujarat Titans20–––0/0211.422/370Champions
2023Gujarat Titans1000.0–0/0110.561/440
2024Gujarat Titans3121212.0109.10/039.312/212

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 faced41.7%
Balls per four12
Balls per six12
Dot balls bowled26.2%
Balls per wicket14
Catches2
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

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
2019–₹20 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹30 lakh
2022UAL2₹20 lakhSold to Gujarat Titans for ₹20 lakh
2025ACC₹30 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹30 lakh
2026UAL2₹30 lakhUnsold

Sources