IPL playerIndia2018 to 2024
Mahipal Lomror
On scorecards: MK Lomror · Right-hand bat
Mahipal Lomror, a batter, played seven IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Mahipal Lomror arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹20 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 2 matches and 20 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2023, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 135 runs at an average of 16.9, striking at 139.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 141.9, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 54 not out.
Franchise by franchise
2018 to 2021, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹20 lakh. 11 matches, 181 runs and 1 wicket.
2022 to 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹95 lakh. 29 matches and 346 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2018 to 2021.
How the runs came
Across the career, Mahipal Lomror struck at 141.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 137.7, so Mahipal Lomror scored about 4 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 33 fours and 30 sixes.
The fielding record: 12 catches.
At the auction
Mahipal Lomror went under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹1.70 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2025, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2016, ₹1.70 cr by 2025. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2016 and Gujarat Titans in 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mahipal Lomror made 40 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 20 | 11 | 20.0 | 95.2 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 | 266.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 59 | 47 | 19.7 | 109.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 94 | 43 | 31.3 | 128.8 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.71 | 1/22 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 86 | 42 | 17.2 | 150.9 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 135 | 54* | 16.9 | 139.2 | 1/0 | 0 | 8.50 | - | 4 | ||
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 10 | 125 | 33 | 15.6 | 183.8 | 0/0 | 0 | 18.00 | - | 3 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2018 to 2021
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2022 to 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 32.2% |
| Balls per four | 11.3 |
| Balls per six | 12.4 |
| Dot balls bowled | 24.4% |
| Balls per wicket | 90 |
| Catches | 12 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | UAL5 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh |
| 2022 | UAL2 | ₹40 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹95 lakh |
| 2025 | UAL1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹1.70 cr |
| 2026 | UAL1 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet