IPL playerIndia2013 to 2025
Mohit Sharma
On scorecards: MM Sharma · Right-hand bat
Mohit Sharma, a bowler, played eleven IPL seasons for four franchises. In eleven seasons the title never came.
The arrival
Mohit Sharma's first IPL season was 2013, with Chennai Super Kings, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 15 matches and 20 wickets at 6.43 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Gujarat Titans: 27 wickets at 8.17 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 5 for 10. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2013, 2014 and 2023).
Franchise by franchise
2013 to 2015, Chennai Super Kings. 47 matches and 57 wickets.
2016 to 2018, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹6.50 cr. 37 matches and 33 wickets.
2019, Chennai Super Kings, second time round. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹5 cr. 1 match and 1 wicket.
2020, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹50 lakh. 1 match and 1 wicket.
2023 to 2024, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹50 lakh. 26 matches and 40 wickets.
2025, Delhi Capitals, second time round. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.20 cr. 8 matches and 2 wickets.
6 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2013 to 2015. 2021 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 134 wickets in 2,413 deliveries, at 8.74 runs an over against a league rate of 8.36 for the same seasons: 0.37 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There were four four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 10.
33.8% of the balls Mohit Sharma bowled were dots, a lower share than 60% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 17.9 balls.
The fielding record: 25 catches and 6 run-outs.
At the auction
Mohit Sharma went under the hammer nine times, bought seven times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹6.50 cr, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2016, more than 4 times the base price. Unsold in 2021, Mohit Sharma was bought again in 2023 by Gujarat Titans.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Mohit Sharma finished 20th for wickets.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Chennai Super Kings | 15 | 0 | 0* | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 20 | 6.43 | 3/10 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 1 | 1* | – | 33.3 | 0/0 | 23 | 8.40 | 4/14 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 28 | 21* | 14.0 | 155.6 | 0/0 | 14 | 8.39 | 3/25 | 5 | ||
| 2016 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 32 | 15 | 8.0 | 123.1 | 0/0 | 13 | 8.39 | 3/23 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 51 | 13 | 8.5 | 102.0 | 0/0 | 13 | 8.95 | 2/24 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Kings XI Punjab | 9 | 10 | 4* | 10.0 | 76.9 | 0/0 | 7 | 10.73 | 2/33 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1/27 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 10.80 | 1/45 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 27 | 8.17 | 5/10 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Gujarat Titans | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 0/0 | 13 | 10.85 | 3/25 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 1 | 1* | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0/0 | 2 | 10.08 | 1/10 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2013 to 2015
- Kings XI Punjab: 2016 to 2018
- Chennai Super Kings: 2019
- Delhi Capitals: 2020
- Gujarat Titans: 2023 to 2024
- Delhi Capitals: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 49.3% |
| Balls per four | 15.1 |
| Balls per six | 34 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33.8% |
| Balls per wicket | 17.9 |
| Catches | 25 |
| Run-outs | 6 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | FA2 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹2 cr |
| 2016 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹6.50 cr |
| 2018 | FA2 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹2.40 cr |
| 2019 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹5 cr |
| 2020 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh |
| 2021 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹50 lakh |
| 2025 | UFA1 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹2.20 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet