IPL playerBangladesh2016 to 2025
Mustafizur Rahman
Right-hand bat
Mustafizur Rahman, a bowler, played eight IPL seasons for five franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Mustafizur Rahman arrived through the auction: Sunrisers Hyderabad paid ₹1.40 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.
That first season brought 16 matches and 17 wickets at 6.90 an over, and ended with Sunrisers Hyderabad as champions. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2016, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 17 wickets at 6.90 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.15, with best figures of 3 for 16. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the title that year.
Franchise by franchise
2016 to 2017, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹1.40 cr. 17 matches and 17 wickets; champions in 2016.
2018, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2.20 cr. 7 matches and 7 wickets.
2021, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹1 cr. 14 matches and 14 wickets.
2022 to 2023, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹2 cr. 10 matches and 9 wickets.
2024, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹2 cr. 9 matches and 14 wickets.
2025, Delhi Capitals, second time round. Back outside the auction. 3 matches and 4 wickets.
6 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2016 to 2017. 2019 and 2020 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 65 wickets in 1,372 deliveries, at 8.09 runs an over against a league rate of 8.43 for the same seasons: 0.34 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 29.
35.7% of the balls Mustafizur Rahman bowled were dots, a higher share than 57% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21 balls.
The fielding record: 5 catches.
At the auction
Mustafizur Rahman went under the hammer eight times, bought six times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹9.20 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026, more than 4 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.40 cr in 2016, ₹9.20 cr by 2026. Unsold in 2020, Mustafizur Rahman was bought again in 2021 by Rajasthan Royals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mustafizur Rahman made 60 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Capitals in 2025, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 17 | 6.90 | 3/16 | 2 | 1 | Champions |
| 2017 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 12.75 | - | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0/0 | 7 | 8.26 | 3/24 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 8 | 8* | – | 57.1 | 0/0 | 14 | 8.36 | 3/20 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 3 | 3* | – | 60.0 | 0/0 | 8 | 7.63 | 3/18 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 11.29 | 1/38 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 14 | 9.09 | 4/29 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 4 | 7.91 | 3/33 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2016 to 2017
- Mumbai Indians: 2018
- Rajasthan Royals: 2021
- Delhi Capitals: 2022 to 2023
- Chennai Super Kings: 2024
- Delhi Capitals: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 66.7% |
| Balls per four | 24 |
| Balls per six | 24 |
| Dot balls bowled | 35.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 21 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.40 cr |
| 2018 | FA1 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹2.20 cr |
| 2020 | Fast Bowler | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2021 | FA1 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1 cr |
| 2022 | FA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹2 cr |
| 2024 | – | ₹2 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹2 cr |
| 2025 | FA3 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
| 2026 | ACC | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹9.20 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet