IPL playerNew Zealand2026
Finn Allen
On scorecards: FH Allen · Right-hand bat
Finn Allen, a batter, spent a single IPL season with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2026: 11 matches, 349 runs.
The arrival
Finn Allen arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹2.0 cr, the base price. That debut came after going unsold twice (2024 and 2025).
That first season brought 11 matches and 349 runs.
How the runs came
Across the career, Finn Allen has struck at 214.1. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 156.5, so Finn Allen has scored about 58 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 86% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 33 fours and 28 sixes.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
Finn Allen has gone under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹2.0 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹80 lakh in 2022, ₹2.0 cr by 2026. Unsold in 2024, Finn Allen was bought again in 2026 by Kolkata Knight Riders. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Finn Allen has made 11 IPL appearances, the latest for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 | 349 | 100* | 34.9 | 214.1 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 35.6% |
| Balls per four | 4.9 |
| Balls per six | 5.8 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BA3 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹80 lakh |
| 2024 | BA2 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | BA3 | ₹2.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2026 | WK1 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹2.0 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet