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Nuwan Thushara

On scorecards: N Thushara · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
8
Matches
0
Runs
9
Wickets
econ 9.28
1
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2024 to 2025 · Sources

Nuwan Thushara, a bowler, played two IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Nuwan Thushara arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹4.80 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh. That debut came after going unsold once (2022).

That first season brought 7 matches and 8 wickets at 9.76 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2024, for Mumbai Indians: 8 wickets at 9.76 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.37, with best figures of 3 for 28.

Franchise by franchise

2024, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹4.80 cr. 7 matches and 8 wickets.

2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹1.60 cr. 1 match and 1 wicket; champions in 2025.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 9 wickets in 183 deliveries, at 9.28 runs an over against a league rate of 9.39 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.

The fielding record: 1 catch and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Nuwan Thushara went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹4.80 cr, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2024, more than 9 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2025, cost ₹1.60 cr. Unsold in 2022, Nuwan Thushara was bought in 2024 by Mumbai Indians.

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

The legacy

Nuwan Thushara made 8 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025.

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
2024Mumbai Indians70–––0/089.763/281
2025Royal Challengers Bengaluru10–––0/016.241/260Champions

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 bowled32.2%
Balls per wicket20
Catches1
Run-outs1
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
2024–₹50 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹4.80 cr
2025ACC₹75 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹1.60 cr

Sources