IPL playerIndia2018 to 2026
Khaleel Ahmed
On scorecards: KK Ahmed · Right-hand bat
Khaleel Ahmed, a bowler, has played nine IPL seasons for three franchises. In nine seasons the title has not yet come.
The arrival
Khaleel Ahmed arrived through the auction: Sunrisers Hyderabad paid ₹3 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 1 match.
The peak
The best season was 2019, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 19 wickets at 8.24 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.24, with best figures of 3 for 30. Four seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2019, 2022, 2024 and 2025).
Franchise by franchise
2018 to 2021, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹3 cr. 24 matches and 32 wickets.
2022 to 2024, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹5.25 cr. 33 matches and 42 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹4.80 cr. 19 matches and 17 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2018 to 2021.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 91 wickets in 1,665 deliveries, at 8.92 runs an over against a league rate of 8.79 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
41.2% of the balls Khaleel Ahmed bowled were dots, a higher share than 85% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 18.2 balls.
The fielding record: 5 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Khaleel Ahmed has gone under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹5.25 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2022, more than 10 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2016, ₹4.80 cr by 2025. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2016.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Khaleel Ahmed has made 76 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings in 2026, and has won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 12.67 | - | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 19 | 8.24 | 3/30 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 8 | 9.43 | 2/24 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 5 | 8.06 | 3/21 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 16 | 8.01 | 3/25 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 9 | 9.03 | 2/24 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 17 | 9.55 | 2/21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 1 | 1* | – | 50.0 | 0/0 | 15 | 9.48 | 3/29 | 1 | ||
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 8.67 | 1/24 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2018 to 2021
- Delhi Capitals: 2022 to 2024
- Chennai Super Kings: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 77.8% |
| Balls per four | 9 |
| Balls per six | 9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 41.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 18.2 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹3 cr |
| 2022 | FA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹5.25 cr |
| 2025 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹4.80 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet