IPL playerSri Lanka2022 to 2026
Dushmantha Chameera
On scorecards: PVD Chameera · Right-hand bat
Dushmantha Chameera, a bowler, has played four IPL seasons for three franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Dushmantha Chameera arrived through the auction: Lucknow Super Giants paid ₹2 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.
That first season brought 12 matches, 43 runs and 9 wickets at 8.66 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2022, for Lucknow Super Giants: 9 wickets at 8.66 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 2 for 17.
Franchise by franchise
2022, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹2 cr. 12 matches and 9 wickets.
2024, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match; champions in 2024.
2025 to 2026, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹75 lakh. 8 matches and 4 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Capitals, 2025 to 2026. 2023 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 13 wickets in 399 deliveries, at 9.74 runs an over against a league rate of 8.74 for the same seasons: 1.01 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 3 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Dushmantha Chameera has gone under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹2 cr, paid by Lucknow Super Giants in 2022, more than 4 times the base price. Unsold in 2023, Dushmantha Chameera was bought again in 2025 by Delhi Capitals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Rajasthan Royals in 2018.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Dushmantha Chameera has made 21 IPL appearances, the latest for Delhi Capitals in 2026.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lucknow Super Giants | 12 | 43 | 17 | 10.8 | 153.6 | 0/0 | 9 | 8.66 | 2/17 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 16.00 | - | 0 | Champions | |
| 2025 | Delhi Capitals | 7 | 10 | 8* | – | 71.4 | 0/0 | 4 | 11.53 | 1/24 | 1 | ||
| 2026 | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2022
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2024
- Delhi Capitals: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 42.2% |
| Balls per four | 15 |
| Balls per six | 15 |
| Dot balls bowled | 38.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 30.5 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | FA6 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹50 lakh |
| 2022 | FA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹2 cr |
| 2023 | FA2 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | FA2 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | ACC | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹75 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet