IPL playerIndia2022 to 2023
Prerak Mankad
On scorecards: PN Mankad · Right-hand bat
Prerak Mankad, a batter, played two IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Prerak Mankad arrived through the auction: Punjab Kings paid ₹20 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold once (2021).
That first season brought 1 match and 4 runs.
Franchise by franchise
2022, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹20 lakh. 1 match and 4 runs.
2023, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹1.8 cr. 5 matches and 93 runs.
In the field
The fielding record: 6 catches.
At the auction
Prerak Mankad went under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹1.8 cr, paid by Lucknow Super Giants in 2023, more than 9 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2022, ₹1.8 cr by 2023. Unsold in 2021, Prerak Mankad was bought in 2022 by Punjab Kings.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Prerak Mankad made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Lucknow Super Giants in 2023, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 1 | 4 | 4* | – | 400.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | 5 | 93 | 64* | 31.0 | 129.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2022
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2023
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 39.7% |
| Balls per four | 5.6 |
| Balls per six | 36.5 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | UAL3 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹20 lakh |
| 2023 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹1.8 cr |
| 2025 | UAL4 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet