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IPL playerIndia2019 to 2026

Navdeep Saini

On scorecards: NA Saini · Right-hand bat

6
Seasons
34
Matches
33
Runs
SR 89.2
24
Wickets
econ 8.79
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2019 to 2026 · Sources

Navdeep Saini, a bowler, has played six IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Navdeep Saini's first IPL season was 2019, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 13 matches, 2 runs and 11 wickets at 8.13 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2019, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 11 wickets at 8.13 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.24, with best figures of 2 for 24.

Franchise by franchise

2019 to 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 28 matches and 18 wickets.

2022 to 2023, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹2.60 cr. 4 matches and 6 wickets.

2026, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 2 matches.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2019 to 2021. 2024 and 2025 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 24 wickets in 694 deliveries, at 8.79 runs an over against a league rate of 8.26 for the same seasons: 0.53 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

At the auction

Navdeep Saini has gone under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹3 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018, more than 15 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2017, ₹2.60 cr by 2022. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2017 and Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018.

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

Where it stands

Navdeep Saini has made 34 IPL appearances, the latest for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026.

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
2019Royal Challengers Bangalore13222.050.00/0118.132/243
2020Royal Challengers Bangalore132712*27.0100.00/078.192/252
2021Royal Challengers Bangalore2222.050.00/0012.48-1
2022Rajasthan Royals2222.0100.00/0311.682/362
2023Rajasthan Royals20–––0/0311.383/400
2026Kolkata Knight Riders20–––0/0012.33-0

Franchise journey

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
2017–₹10 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹10 lakh
2018UFA1₹20 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹3 cr
2022FA2₹75 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.60 cr
2025FA5₹75 lakhUnsold
2026FA3₹75 lakhUnsold

Sources