IPL playerIreland2023 to 2024
Josh Little
On scorecards: J Little · Right-hand bat
Josh Little, a bowler, played two IPL seasons, both with Gujarat Titans.
The arrival
Josh Little arrived through the auction: Gujarat Titans paid ₹4.4 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh. That debut came after going unsold once (2022).
That first season brought 10 matches and 7 wickets at 8.65 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Gujarat Titans: 7 wickets at 8.65 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.80, with best figures of 2 for 25.
One franchise
Josh Little spent the whole IPL career with Gujarat Titans, from 2023 to 2024.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 11 wickets in 228 deliveries, at 8.92 runs an over against a league rate of 8.86 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 45.
The fielding record: 5 catches.
At the auction
Josh Little went under the hammer four times, bought once and left unsold three times. The price was ₹4.4 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2023, more than 8 times the base price. Unsold in 2022, Josh Little was bought in 2023 by Gujarat Titans.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Josh Little made 11 IPL appearances, the last for Gujarat Titans in 2024, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gujarat Titans | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 7 | 8.65 | 2/25 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Gujarat Titans | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 4 | 11.25 | 4/45 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Gujarat Titans: 2023 to 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls bowled | 36% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.7 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet