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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2025

Ishant Sharma

On scorecards: I Sharma · Right-hand bat

15
Seasons
117
Matches
57
Runs
SR 82.6
96
Wickets
econ 8.30
0
Titles
4
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2025 · Sources

Ishant Sharma, a bowler, played fifteen IPL seasons for seven franchises. In fifteen seasons the title never came. Only two players have represented more franchises.

The arrival

Ishant Sharma arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹3.80 cr (US$950k), against a base price of ₹60 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 13 matches, 11 runs and 7 wickets at 7.68 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2013, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 15 wickets at 7.75 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 27.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹3.80 cr. 31 matches and 25 wickets.

2011, Deccan Chargers. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹2.02 cr. 12 matches and 11 wickets.

2013 to 2015, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arrived outside the auction. 23 matches and 19 wickets.

2016, Rising Pune Supergiants. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹3.80 cr. 4 matches and 3 wickets.

2017, Kings XI Punjab. Arrived outside the auction. 6 matches.

2019 to 2024, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹1.10 cr. 34 matches and 34 wickets.

2025, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹75 lakh. 7 matches and 4 wickets.

7 spells with seven franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Capitals, 2019 to 2024. 2012, 2018 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 96 wickets in 2,442 deliveries, at 8.30 runs an over against a league rate of 8.05 for the same seasons: 0.25 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 5 for 12.

41.3% of the balls Ishant Sharma bowled were dots, a higher share than 87% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 25.2 balls.

The fielding record: 20 catches and 3 run-outs.

At the auction

Ishant Sharma went under the hammer ten times, bought seven times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹4.25 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2025, cost ₹75 lakh. Unsold in 2017, Ishant Sharma was bought again in 2019 by Delhi Capitals.

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

The legacy

Ishant Sharma made 117 IPL appearances, the last for Gujarat Titans in 2025, and won 4 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2008Kolkata Knight Riders13114*11.0100.00/077.681/72
2009Kolkata Knight Riders111698.0123.10/0116.852/151
2010Kolkata Knight Riders766*6.035.30/079.382/331
2011Deccan Chargers1241*–80.00/0117.005/1231
2013Sunrisers Hyderabad160–––0/0157.753/2761
2014Sunrisers Hyderabad30–––0/039.182/370
2015Sunrisers Hyderabad40–––0/0110.841/250
2016Rising Pune Supergiants40–––0/039.762/362
2017Kings XI Punjab685*4.066.70/009.85-0
2019Delhi Capitals131010*–333.30/0137.593/381
2020Delhi Capitals10–––0/008.67-0
2021Delhi Capitals30–––0/018.081/260
2023Delhi Capitals811*–100.00/0108.192/1901
2024Delhi Capitals911*–14.30/0109.753/3421
2025Gujarat Titans70–––0/0411.181/182

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 faced53.6%
Balls per four17.3
Balls per six34.5
Dot balls bowled41.3%
Balls per wicket25.2
Catches20
Run-outs3
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
2008Set H₹60 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹3.80 cr (US$950k)
2011–₹90 lakhSold to Deccan Chargers for ₹2.02 cr (US$450k)
2014FA1₹1.50 crSold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹4.25 cr
2016–₹2 crSold to Rising Pune Supergiants for ₹3.80 cr
2017Fast Bowler₹2 crUnsold
2018Fast Bowler₹75 lakhUnsold
2019–₹75 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹1.10 cr
2022–₹1.50 crUnsold
2023FA1₹50 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh
2025ACC₹75 lakhSold to Gujarat Titans for ₹75 lakh

Sources