IPL playerNew Zealand2017 to 2026
Lockie Ferguson
On scorecards: LH Ferguson · Right Handed Bat · Right-arm fast
Lockie Ferguson, a bowler, has played nine IPL seasons for five franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Lockie Ferguson arrived through the auction: Rising Pune Supergiant paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 4 matches, 1 run and 3 wickets at 7.15 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2021, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 13 wickets at 7.38 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 3 for 18.
Franchise by franchise
2017, Rising Pune Supergiant. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹50 lakh. 4 matches and 3 wickets.
2019 to 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹1.6 cr. 18 matches and 23 wickets.
2022, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹10.0 cr. 13 matches and 12 wickets; champions in 2022.
2023, Kolkata Knight Riders, second time round. Back outside the auction. 3 matches and 1 wicket.
2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹2.0 cr. 7 matches and 9 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.0 cr. 7 matches and 6 wickets.
6 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2019 to 2021. 2018 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 54 wickets in 1,101 deliveries, at 9.12 runs an over against a league rate of 8.54 for the same seasons: 0.58 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 28.
36.3% of the balls Lockie Ferguson bowled were dots, a higher share than 62% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.2 balls.
The fielding record: 9 catches and 4 run-outs.
At the auction
Lockie Ferguson has gone under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹10.0 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2022, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹50 lakh in 2017, ₹2.0 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Lockie Ferguson has made 52 IPL appearances, the latest for Punjab Kings in 2026, and has won 3 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | 4 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 7.15 | 2/7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 10.76 | 1/38 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 43 | 24* | – | 148.3 | 0/0 | 8 | 7.32 | 3/15 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 18 | 18* | – | 163.6 | 0/0 | 13 | 7.38 | 3/18 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 125.0 | 0/0 | 12 | 8.93 | 4/28 | 2 | 1 | Champions |
| 2023 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 12.00 | 1/19 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 9 | 10.41 | 2/23 | 4 | ||
| 2025 | Punjab Kings | 4 | 4 | 4* | – | 400.0 | 0/0 | 5 | 9.18 | 2/37 | 0 | ||
| 2026 | Punjab Kings | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 12.82 | 1/41 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Rising Pune Supergiant: 2017
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2019 to 2021
- Gujarat Titans: 2022
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2023
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2024
- Punjab Kings: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 25.5% |
| Balls per four | 6.7 |
| Balls per six | 23.5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 36.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.2 |
| Catches | 9 |
| Run-outs | 4 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Rising Pune Supergiant for ₹50 lakh |
| 2019 | – | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.6 cr |
| 2022 | FA1 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹10.0 cr |
| 2024 | – | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹2.0 cr |
| 2025 | FA2 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹2.0 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet