IPL playerIndia2011 to 2025
Mayank Agarwal
On scorecards: MA Agarwal · Right-hand bat
Mayank Agarwal, a batter, played fifteen IPL seasons for five franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Mayank Agarwal's first IPL season was 2011, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 8 matches and 141 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2021, for Punjab Kings: 441 runs at an average of 40.1, striking at 140.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.2, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 99 not out. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2020 and 2021).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2020: 432 runs at a strike rate of 158.2, 26 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2011 to 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 28 matches and 433 runs.
2014 to 2016, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1.60 cr. 21 matches and 355 runs.
2017, Rising Pune Supergiant. Arrived outside the auction. 3 matches and 26 runs.
2018 to 2022, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹1 cr. 60 matches and 1,521 runs; captain in 2022.
2023 to 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹8.25 cr. 14 matches and 334 runs.
2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, second time round. Back outside the auction. 4 matches and 95 runs; champions in 2025.
6 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2018 to 2022.
How the runs came
Across the career, Mayank Agarwal struck at 133.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 132.4, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 62% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 275 fours and 100 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37.2% of the balls Mayank Agarwal faced were dot balls, a higher share than 63% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 20.7 balls, and a four every 7.5.
The fielding record: 59 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Mayank Agarwal went under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹8.25 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023, more than 8 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.60 cr in 2014, ₹8.25 cr by 2023.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mayank Agarwal made 130 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025, and won 4 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | 141 | 41 | 20.1 | 117.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 225 | 64* | 20.5 | 142.4 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 9 | ||
| 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 67 | 29 | 13.4 | 108.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 115 | 31 | 14.4 | 126.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Delhi Daredevils | 10 | 213 | 68 | 23.7 | 120.3 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 3 | 27 | 10 | 9.0 | 108.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | 3 | 26 | 20 | 8.7 | 96.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 120 | 30 | 12.0 | 127.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 332 | 58 | 25.5 | 141.9 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 432 | 106 | 39.3 | 158.2 | 2/1 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 12 | 441 | 99* | 40.1 | 140.4 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 13 | 196 | 52 | 16.3 | 122.5 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | Captain |
| 2023 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 270 | 83 | 27.0 | 128.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 64 | 32 | 16.0 | 112.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 95 | 41* | 31.7 | 148.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2011 to 2013
- Delhi Daredevils: 2014 to 2016
- Rising Pune Supergiant: 2017
- Kings XI Punjab: 2018 to 2022
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2023 to 2024
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.2% |
| Balls per four | 7.5 |
| Balls per six | 20.7 |
| Catches | 59 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UBA1 | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹1.60 cr |
| 2018 | UBA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹1 cr |
| 2023 | BA1 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹8.25 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet