IPL playerIndia2018 to 2024
Krishnappa Gowtham
On scorecards: K Gowtham · Right-hand bat
Krishnappa Gowtham, a bowler, played six IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Krishnappa Gowtham arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹6.20 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 15 matches, 126 runs and 11 wickets at 7.80 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2018, for Rajasthan Royals: 11 wickets at 7.80 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.50, with best figures of 2 for 12.
Franchise by franchise
2018 to 2019, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹6.20 cr. 22 matches, 144 runs and 12 wickets.
2020, Kings XI Punjab. Arrived outside the auction. 2 matches and 1 wicket.
2022 to 2024, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹90 lakh. 12 matches and 8 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Lucknow Super Giants, 2022 to 2024. 2021 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 21 wickets in 588 deliveries, at 8.24 runs an over against a league rate of 8.47 for the same seasons: 0.22 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.
35% of the balls Krishnappa Gowtham bowled were dots, a higher share than 50% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 28 balls.
The fielding record: 21 catches.
At the auction
Krishnappa Gowtham went under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹9.25 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2021, more than 46 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹90 lakh. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2017 and Chennai Super Kings in 2021.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Krishnappa Gowtham made 36 IPL appearances, the last for Lucknow Super Giants in 2024.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 126 | 33* | 14.0 | 196.9 | 0/0 | 11 | 7.80 | 2/12 | 9 | ||
| 2019 | Rajasthan Royals | 7 | 18 | 9 | 6.0 | 94.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.30 | 1/32 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 42 | 22* | 42.0 | 155.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 10.50 | 1/45 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 5 | 8.25 | 2/30 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | 7 | 61 | 23 | 15.3 | 164.9 | 0/0 | 3 | 7.38 | 1/10 | 6 | ||
| 2024 | Lucknow Super Giants | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 14.50 | - | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2018 to 2019
- Kings XI Punjab: 2020
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2022 to 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 34.5% |
| Balls per four | 9.9 |
| Balls per six | 8.7 |
| Dot balls bowled | 35% |
| Balls per wicket | 28 |
| Catches | 21 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹2 cr |
| 2018 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹6.20 cr |
| 2021 | UAL1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹9.25 cr |
| 2022 | AL2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹90 lakh |
| 2025 | AL4 | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet