IPL playerIndia2012 to 2026
Harshal Patel
On scorecards: HV Patel · Right-hand bat
Harshal Patel, a bowler, has played fourteen IPL seasons for four franchises. In fourteen seasons the title has not yet come.
The arrival
Harshal Patel's first IPL season was 2012, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 11 matches, 15 runs and 9 wickets at 8.29 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2021, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 32 wickets at 7.98 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 5 for 27. Five seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2015, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025).
Franchise by franchise
2012 to 2017, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 35 matches and 34 wickets.
2018 to 2020, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹20 lakh. 12 matches and 12 wickets.
2021 to 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore, second time round. Back outside the auction. 44 matches, 108 runs and 65 wickets.
2024, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹11.75 cr. 14 matches and 24 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹8 cr. 18 matches and 16 wickets.
5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2012 to 2017. 2013 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 151 wickets in 2,527 deliveries, at 8.85 runs an over against a league rate of 8.51 for the same seasons: 0.34 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There were five four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 27.
32.2% of the balls Harshal Patel bowled were dots, a lower share than 79% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 16.6 balls.
The fielding record: 26 catches and 9 run-outs.
At the auction
Harshal Patel has gone under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹11.75 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2024, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹40 lakh in 2014, ₹8 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Harshal Patel stands 12th for wickets. The story is still being written: 2026 was another season with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 11 | 15 | 10 | 7.5 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 9 | 8.29 | 2/24 | 7 | ||
| 2014 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6.5 | 185.7 | 0/0 | 4 | 10.27 | 2/56 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 19 | 9* | 3.8 | 158.3 | 0/0 | 17 | 7.48 | 2/12 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 10.38 | 1/46 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 10.75 | 3/43 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Delhi Daredevils | 5 | 60 | 36* | 60.0 | 181.8 | 0/0 | 7 | 9.54 | 3/28 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 2 | 9.43 | 2/40 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 5 | 21 | 16 | 10.5 | 87.5 | 0/0 | 3 | 8.84 | 2/34 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 59 | 31 | 14.8 | 128.3 | 0/0 | 32 | 7.98 | 5/27 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 43 | 11 | 10.8 | 110.3 | 0/0 | 19 | 7.66 | 4/34 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 14 | 9.49 | 3/32 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4.3 | 68.4 | 0/0 | 24 | 9.67 | 3/15 | 5 | ||
| 2025 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 21 | 12* | 10.5 | 80.8 | 0/0 | 16 | 9.66 | 4/28 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3.3 | 111.1 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.83 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2012 to 2017
- Delhi Daredevils: 2018 to 2020
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2021 to 2023
- Punjab Kings: 2024
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 42% |
| Balls per four | 13.2 |
| Balls per six | 15.9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 32.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 16.6 |
| Catches | 26 |
| Run-outs | 9 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UFA2 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹40 lakh |
| 2018 | UAL1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹20 lakh |
| 2022 | AL1 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹10.75 cr |
| 2024 | AL1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹11.75 cr |
| 2025 | AL1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹8 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet