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Prince Yadav

Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
20
Matches
5
Runs
SR 50.0
19
Wickets
econ 9.17
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2025 to 2026 · Sources

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

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
2025Lucknow Super Giants654*–50.00/039.851/292
2026Lucknow Super Giants1400*––0/0168.883/323

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 faced54.6%
Balls per four11
Balls per six11
Dot balls bowled34.7%
Balls per wicket23.7
Catches5
Run-outs2
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
2023UFA3₹20 lakhUnsold
2023UAL7₹20 lakhUnsold
2025ACC₹30 lakhSold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹30 lakh

Sources