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IPL playerIndia2021 to 2022

K. S. Bharat

On scorecards: KS Bharat · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
10
Matches
199
Runs
SR 122.1
0
Wickets
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2021 to 2022 · Sources

K. S. Bharat, a wicketkeeper-batter, played two IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

K. S. Bharat arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹20 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 8 matches and 191 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2021, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 191 runs at an average of 38.2, striking at 122.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.2, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 78 not out.

Franchise by franchise

2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹20 lakh. 8 matches and 191 runs.

2022, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹2 cr. 2 matches and 8 runs.

In the field

The fielding record: 5 catches and 1 stumping.

At the auction

K. S. Bharat went under the hammer seven times, bought five times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹2 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2022, more than 10 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2015, ₹50 lakh by 2024. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2015, Gujarat Titans in 2023 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024.

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

The legacy

K. S. Bharat made 10 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Capitals in 2022, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.

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
2021Royal Challengers Bangalore819178*38.2122.41/0–––51
2022Delhi Capitals2884.0114.30/0–––0

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 faced34.4%
Balls per four13.6
Balls per six20.4
Catches5
Run-outs0
Stumpings1

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
2015–₹10 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹10 lakh
2021UWK2₹20 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹20 lakh
2022UWK1₹20 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹2 cr
2023UWK1₹20 lakhSold to Gujarat Titans for ₹1.20 cr
2024WK1₹50 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹50 lakh
2025WK2₹75 lakhUnsold
2026WK1₹75 lakhUnsold

Sources