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Kartik Sharma

Right-hand bat

1
Seasons
11
Matches
295
Runs
SR 136.6
0
Wickets
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2026 to 2026 · Sources

Kartik Sharma, a batter, spent a single IPL season with Chennai Super Kings, 2026: 11 matches, 295 runs.

The arrival

Kartik Sharma arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹14.20 cr, against a base price of ₹30 lakh.

That first season brought 11 matches and 295 runs.

How the runs came

Across the career, Kartik Sharma has struck at 136.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 156.5, so Kartik Sharma has scored about 20 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 65% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 24 fours and 16 sixes.

The fielding record: 1 catch.

At the auction

Kartik Sharma has gone under the hammer once. The price was ₹14.20 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2026, more than 47 times the base price.

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

Where it stands

Kartik Sharma has made 11 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings in 2026.

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
2026Chennai Super Kings112957132.8136.62/0–––1

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 faced38.9%
Balls per four9
Balls per six13.5
Catches1
Run-outs0
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
2026UWK1₹30 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹14.20 cr

Sources