IPL playerIndia2022 to 2026
R Sai Kishore
Right-hand bat
R Sai Kishore, a bowler, has played four IPL seasons, all of them with Gujarat Titans. One title came along the way.
The arrival
R Sai Kishore arrived through the auction: Gujarat Titans paid ₹3.0 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 5 matches and 6 wickets at 7.56 an over, and ended with Gujarat Titans as champions.
The peak
The best season was 2025, for Gujarat Titans: 19 wickets at 9.25 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.48, with best figures of 3 for 30.
One franchise
R Sai Kishore has spent the whole IPL career with Gujarat Titans, from 2022 to 2026, although 2023 passed without an appearance. Gujarat Titans went back to the auction to buy R Sai Kishore again in 2025 for ₹2.0 cr. The club won the title with R Sai Kishore in the side: 2022.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 33 wickets in 465 deliveries, at 8.99 runs an over against a league rate of 9.24 for the same seasons: 0.25 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 33.
The fielding record: 8 catches.
At the auction
R Sai Kishore has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹3.0 cr, paid by Gujarat Titans in 2022, more than 15 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2020, ₹2.0 cr by 2025. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2020.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
R Sai Kishore has made 28 IPL appearances, the latest for Gujarat Titans in 2026, and has 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 | Gujarat Titans | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 6 | 7.56 | 2/7 | 3 | Champions | |
| 2024 | Gujarat Titans | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13.0 | 216.7 | 0/0 | 7 | 9.13 | 4/33 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Gujarat Titans | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 19 | 9.25 | 3/30 | 4 | ||
| 2026 | Gujarat Titans | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 11.50 | 1/38 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Gujarat Titans: 2022 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 16 |
| Balls per six | 8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 14.1 |
| Catches | 8 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹20 lakh |
| 2022 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹3.0 cr |
| 2025 | ACC | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹2.0 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet