IPL playerIndia2018 to 2023
KM Asif
Right-hand bat
KM Asif, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
KM Asif arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹40 lakh, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 2 matches and 3 wickets, and ended with Chennai Super Kings as champions.
Franchise by franchise
2018 to 2021, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹40 lakh. 3 matches and 4 wickets; champions in 2018 and 2021.
2023, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹30 lakh. 4 matches and 3 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2018 to 2021. 2019, 2020 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 7 wickets in 135 deliveries, at 10.27 runs an over against a league rate of 8.62 for the same seasons: 1.64 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
KM Asif went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹40 lakh, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2018. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
KM Asif made 7 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2023.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 12.50 | 2/43 | 0 | Champions | |
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 7.71 | 1/18 | 0 | Champions | |
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 3 | 9.74 | 2/42 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2018 to 2021
- Rajasthan Royals: 2023
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 100% |
| Balls per four | 2 |
| Balls per six | 2 |
| Dot balls bowled | 34.6% |
| Balls per wicket | 19 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UFA3 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹40 lakh |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹20 lakh |
| 2023 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹30 lakh |
| 2024 | UFA2 | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | UFA4 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2026 | UFA2 | ₹40 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet