IPL playerIndia2025 to 2026
Prince Yadav
Right-hand bat
Prince Yadav, a bowler, has played two IPL seasons, both with Lucknow Super Giants.
The arrival
Prince Yadav arrived through the auction: Lucknow Super Giants paid ₹30 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold twice (2023 and 2023).
That first season brought 6 matches, 5 runs and 3 wickets at 9.85 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2026, for Lucknow Super Giants: 16 wickets at 8.88 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.73, with best figures of 3 for 32.
One franchise
Prince Yadav has spent the whole IPL career with Lucknow Super Giants, from 2025 to 2026.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 19 wickets in 450 deliveries, at 9.17 runs an over against a league rate of 9.65 for the same seasons: 0.48 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 5 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Prince Yadav has gone under the hammer three times, bought once and left unsold twice. The price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Lucknow Super Giants in 2025. Unsold in 2023, Prince Yadav was bought in 2025 by Lucknow Super Giants.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Prince Yadav has made 20 IPL appearances, the latest for Lucknow Super Giants in 2026.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lucknow Super Giants | 6 | 5 | 4* | – | 50.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 9.85 | 1/29 | 2 | ||
| 2026 | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 16 | 8.88 | 3/32 | 3 |
Franchise journey
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 54.6% |
| Balls per four | 11 |
| Balls per six | 11 |
| Dot balls bowled | 34.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 23.7 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| 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