IPL playerIndia2016 to 2026
Deepak Chahar
On scorecards: DL Chahar · Right-hand bat
Deepak Chahar, a bowler, has played ten IPL seasons for three franchises. Three titles came along the way.
The arrival
Deepak Chahar arrived through the auction: Rising Pune Supergiants paid ₹10 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 2 matches.
The peak
The best season was 2019, for Chennai Super Kings: 22 wickets at 7.42 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.24, with best figures of 3 for 20.
Franchise by franchise
2016 to 2017, Rising Pune Supergiants. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹10 lakh. 5 matches and 1 wicket.
2018 to 2024, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹80 lakh. 76 matches and 76 wickets; champions in 2018, 2021 and 2023.
2025 to 2026, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹9.25 cr. 22 matches and 19 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2018 to 2024. 2022 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 96 wickets in 2,075 deliveries, at 8.28 runs an over against a league rate of 8.59 for the same seasons: 0.31 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There were two four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 4 for 13.
42.1% of the balls Deepak Chahar bowled were dots, a higher share than 92% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.5 balls.
The fielding record: 14 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Deepak Chahar has gone under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹14.0 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2022, more than 7 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2016, ₹9.25 cr by 2025. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Deepak Chahar has made 103 IPL appearances, the latest for Mumbai Indians in 2026, and has won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 8.20 | - | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14.0 | 233.3 | 0/0 | 1 | 10.57 | 1/35 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 50 | 39 | 16.7 | 172.4 | 0/0 | 10 | 7.22 | 3/15 | 1 | Champions | |
| 2019 | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3.5 | 77.8 | 0/0 | 22 | 7.42 | 3/20 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 5* | 7.0 | 58.3 | 0/0 | 12 | 7.62 | 2/18 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | 15 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 14 | 8.35 | 4/13 | 5 | 1 | Champions |
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 1 | 1* | – | 50.0 | 0/0 | 13 | 8.74 | 3/22 | 1 | Champions | |
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 5 | 8.60 | 2/28 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 37 | 28* | 37.0 | 148.0 | 0/0 | 11 | 9.10 | 2/12 | 2 | ||
| 2026 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 25 | 10 | 12.5 | 131.6 | 0/0 | 8 | 10.39 | 2/33 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Rising Pune Supergiants: 2016 to 2017
- Chennai Super Kings: 2018 to 2024
- Mumbai Indians: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 39.8% |
| Balls per four | 12.9 |
| Balls per six | 11.4 |
| Dot balls bowled | 42.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.5 |
| Catches | 14 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | UAL3 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹80 lakh |
| 2022 | FA1 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹14.0 cr |
| 2025 | FA2 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹9.25 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet