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IPL playerSouth Africa2024 to 2026

Nandre Burger

On scorecards: N Burger · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
18
Matches
14
Runs
SR 155.6
21
Wickets
econ 9.64
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2024 to 2026 · Sources

Nandre Burger, a bowler, has played two IPL seasons, both with Rajasthan Royals.

The arrival

Nandre Burger arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹50 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold twice (2022 and 2023).

That first season brought 5 matches and 7 wickets at 8.53 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2026, for Rajasthan Royals: 14 wickets at 10.08 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.73, with best figures of 2 for 21.

One franchise

Nandre Burger has spent the whole IPL career with Rajasthan Royals, from 2024 to 2026, although 2025 passed without an appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 21 wickets in 364 deliveries, at 9.64 runs an over against a league rate of 9.63 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.

The fielding record: 5 catches.

At the auction

Nandre Burger has gone under the hammer four times, bought once and left unsold three times. The price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2024. Unsold in 2022, Nandre Burger was bought in 2024 by Rajasthan Royals.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

Nandre Burger has made 18 IPL appearances, the latest for Rajasthan Royals in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2024Rajasthan Royals50–––0/078.532/292
2026Rajasthan Royals131410*14.0155.60/01410.082/2131

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced22.2%
Balls per four9
Balls per six9
Dot balls bowled40.2%
Balls per wicket17.3
Catches5
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2022–₹20 lakhUnsold
2023UFA3₹20 lakhUnsold
2024–₹50 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹50 lakh
2025FA3₹1.25 crUnsold

Sources