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Maheesh Theekshana

On scorecards: M Theekshana · Right-hand bat

4
Seasons
38
Matches
17
Runs
SR 50.0
36
Wickets
econ 8.25
1
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2022 to 2025 · Sources

Maheesh Theekshana, a bowler, played four IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Maheesh Theekshana arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹70 lakh, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.

That first season brought 9 matches, 7 runs and 12 wickets at 7.46 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2022, for Chennai Super Kings: 12 wickets at 7.46 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 4 for 33.

Franchise by franchise

2022 to 2024, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹70 lakh. 27 matches and 25 wickets; champions in 2023.

2025, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹4.40 cr. 11 matches and 11 wickets.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2022 to 2024.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 36 wickets in 878 deliveries, at 8.25 runs an over against a league rate of 8.97 for the same seasons: 0.72 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 33.

29.7% of the balls Maheesh Theekshana bowled were dots, a lower share than 94% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 24.3 balls.

The fielding record: 4 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Maheesh Theekshana went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹4.40 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹70 lakh in 2022, ₹4.40 cr by 2025.

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

The legacy

Maheesh Theekshana made 38 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2025.

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
2022Chennai Super Kings977*7.0100.00/0127.464/330
2023Chennai Super Kings130–––0/0118.002/233Champions
2024Chennai Super Kings50–––0/027.201/271
2025Rajasthan Royals111055.037.00/0119.692/260

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 faced64.7%
Balls per four34
Balls per six34
Dot balls bowled29.7%
Balls per wicket24.3
Catches4
Run-outs2
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
2022SP2₹50 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹70 lakh
2025SP1₹2 crSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.40 cr
2026SP1₹2 crUnsold

Sources