IPL playerAfghanistan2018 to 2025
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Right-hand bat
Mujeeb Ur Rahman, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Mujeeb Ur Rahman arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹4.0 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.
That first season brought 11 matches, 10 runs and 14 wickets at 6.99 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2018, for Kings XI Punjab: 14 wickets at 6.99 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.50, with best figures of 3 for 27.
Franchise by franchise
2018 to 2020, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹4.0 cr. 18 matches and 17 wickets.
2021, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹1.5 cr. 1 match and 2 wickets.
2025, Mumbai Indians. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match and 1 wicket.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2018 to 2020. 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 20 wickets in 446 deliveries, at 8.34 runs an over against a league rate of 8.39 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
At the auction
Mujeeb Ur Rahman went under the hammer seven times, bought three times and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹4.0 cr, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2018, more than 8 times the base price. Unsold in 2022, Mujeeb Ur Rahman was bought again in 2024 by Kolkata Knight Riders. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mujeeb Ur Rahman made 20 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2025, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 10 | 10* | 10.0 | 142.9 | 0/0 | 14 | 6.99 | 3/27 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | 5 | 0 | 0* | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 3 | 10.05 | 2/31 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.38 | - | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 7.25 | 2/29 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 14.00 | 1/28 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2018 to 2020
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2021
- Mumbai Indians: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 60% |
| Balls per four | 7.5 |
| Balls per six | 15 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 22.3 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SP2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹4.0 cr |
| 2021 | USP2 | ₹1.5 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.5 cr |
| 2022 | – | ₹2.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2023 | SP1 | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2024 | – | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹2.0 cr |
| 2025 | SP2 | ₹2.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2026 | SP1 | ₹2.0 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet