IPL playerAustralia2021 to 2025
Nathan Ellis
On scorecards: NT Ellis · Right-hand bat
Nathan Ellis, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Nathan Ellis's first IPL season was 2021, with Punjab Kings, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 3 matches, 18 runs and 1 wicket at 8.18 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Punjab Kings: 13 wickets at 8.84 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 4 for 30.
Franchise by franchise
2021 to 2024, Punjab Kings. 16 matches and 18 wickets.
2025, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2 cr. 1 match and 1 wicket.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Punjab Kings, 2021 to 2024.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 19 wickets in 381 deliveries, at 8.60 runs an over against a league rate of 8.67 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 30.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
At the auction
Nathan Ellis went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹2 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹75 lakh in 2022, ₹2 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Nathan Ellis made 17 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 3 | 18 | 12 | 18.0 | 112.5 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.18 | 1/12 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 3 | 8.92 | 3/40 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Punjab Kings | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 0/0 | 13 | 8.84 | 4/30 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Punjab Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 6.00 | 1/24 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 9.50 | 1/38 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2021 to 2024
- Chennai Super Kings: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 52% |
| Balls per four | 25 |
| Balls per six | 25 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31% |
| Balls per wicket | 19.9 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| 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