IPL playerIndia2022 to 2025
Kumar Kartikeya Singh
On scorecards: K Kartikeya · Right-hand bat
Kumar Kartikeya Singh, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Kumar Kartikeya Singh's first IPL season was 2022, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 4 matches, 3 runs and 5 wickets at 7.85 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2022, for Mumbai Indians: 5 wickets at 7.85 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 2 for 22.
Franchise by franchise
2022 to 2023, Mumbai Indians. 12 matches and 10 wickets.
2025, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹30 lakh. 4 matches and 2 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2022 to 2023. 2024 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 12 wickets in 282 deliveries, at 8.66 runs an over against a league rate of 8.79 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
Kumar Kartikeya Singh went under the hammer three times, bought once and left unsold twice. The price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2025. Unsold in 2022, Kumar Kartikeya Singh was bought in 2025 by Rajasthan Royals.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Kumar Kartikeya Singh made 16 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2025.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 5 | 7.85 | 2/22 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 85.7 | 0/0 | 5 | 8.73 | 2/37 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 9.75 | 1/21 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2022 to 2023
- Rajasthan Royals: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 52.9% |
| Balls per four | 17 |
| Balls per six | 17 |
| Dot balls bowled | 30.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 23.5 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet