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IPL playerIndia2024 to 2026

Kumar Kushagra

Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
5
Matches
21
Runs
SR 100.0
0
Wickets
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2024 to 2026 · Sources

Kumar Kushagra, a batter, has played two IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Kumar Kushagra arrived through the auction: Delhi Capitals paid ₹7.20 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh. That debut came after going unsold once (2023).

That first season brought 4 matches and 3 runs.

Franchise by franchise

2024, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹7.20 cr. 4 matches and 3 runs.

2026, Gujarat Titans. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match and 18 runs.

2025 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

In the field

The fielding record: 2 catches.

At the auction

Kumar Kushagra has gone under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹7.20 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2024, more than 36 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2025, cost ₹65 lakh. Unsold in 2023, Kumar Kushagra was bought in 2024 by Delhi Capitals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Gujarat Titans in 2025.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

Kumar Kushagra has made 5 IPL appearances, the latest for Gujarat Titans in 2026.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2024Delhi Capitals4321.042.90/0–––1
2026Gujarat Titans1181818.0128.60/0–––1

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced52.4%
Balls per four7
Balls per six21
Catches2
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2023UWK3₹20 lakhUnsold
2024UWK1₹20 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹7.20 cr
2025UWK1₹30 lakhSold to Gujarat Titans for ₹65 lakh

Sources