IPL playerIndia2020 to 2026
Kartik Tyagi
Right-hand bat
Kartik Tyagi, a bowler, has played six IPL seasons for four franchises.
The arrival
Kartik Tyagi arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹1.30 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 10 matches, 4 runs and 9 wickets at 9.57 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2026, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 18 wickets at 9.64 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.73, with best figures of 3 for 22.
Franchise by franchise
2020 to 2021, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹1.30 cr. 14 matches and 13 wickets.
2022 to 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹4 cr. 5 matches and 2 wickets.
2024, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹5 cr. 1 match.
2026, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2026 auction for ₹30 lakh. 14 matches and 18 wickets.
4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2020 to 2021. 2025 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 33 wickets in 740 deliveries, at 9.82 runs an over against a league rate of 8.87 for the same seasons: 0.95 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
35% of the balls Kartik Tyagi bowled were dots, a higher share than 50% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 22.1 balls.
The fielding record: 6 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Kartik Tyagi has gone under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹5 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2024, more than 25 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2026, cost ₹30 lakh. Unsold in 2025, Kartik Tyagi was bought again in 2026 by Kolkata Knight Riders.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Kartik Tyagi has made 34 IPL appearances, the latest for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 4 | 2* | 4.0 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 9 | 9.57 | 2/36 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 2 | 1* | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 8.75 | 2/29 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3.5 | 116.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 9.48 | 1/42 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 13.46 | 1/30 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Gujarat Titans | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 12.75 | - | 0 | ||
| 2026 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3.7 | 110.0 | 0/0 | 18 | 9.64 | 3/22 | 3 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2020 to 2021
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2022 to 2023
- Gujarat Titans: 2024
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 53.9% |
| Balls per four | 13 |
| Balls per six | 26 |
| Dot balls bowled | 35% |
| Balls per wicket | 22.1 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.30 cr |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹4 cr |
| 2024 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹5 cr |
| 2025 | UFA1 | ₹40 lakh | Unsold |
| 2026 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹30 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet