IPL playerIndia2022 to 2026
Mukesh Choudhary
Right-hand bat
Mukesh Choudhary, a bowler, has played four IPL seasons, all of them with Chennai Super Kings.
The arrival
Mukesh Choudhary arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹20 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 13 matches, 6 runs and 16 wickets at 9.32 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: 16 wickets at 9.32 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 4 for 46.
One franchise
Mukesh Choudhary has spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2022 to 2026, although 2023 passed without an appearance. Chennai Super Kings went back to the auction to buy Mukesh Choudhary again in 2025 for ₹30 lakh.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 25 wickets in 484 deliveries, at 9.56 runs an over against a league rate of 8.93 for the same seasons: 0.62 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 46.
The fielding record: 5 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Mukesh Choudhary has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Mukesh Choudhary has made 24 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 16 | 9.32 | 4/46 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 23.14 | - | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 11.83 | 1/21 | 0 | ||
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 2 | 2* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 8 | 8.89 | 2/21 | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2022 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 8 |
| Balls per six | 8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 41% |
| Balls per wicket | 19.3 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet