IPL playerIndia2017 to 2026
Rahul Chahar
On scorecards: RD Chahar · Right-hand bat
Rahul Chahar, a bowler, has played nine IPL seasons for five franchises. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
Rahul Chahar arrived through the auction: Rising Pune Supergiant paid ₹10 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 3 matches, 3 runs and 2 wickets.
The peak
The best season was 2020, for Mumbai Indians: 15 wickets at 8.17 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.14, with best figures of 2 for 18. Mumbai Indians won the title that year.
Franchise by franchise
2017, Rising Pune Supergiant. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹10 lakh. 3 matches and 2 wickets.
2019 to 2021, Mumbai Indians. Arrived outside the auction. 39 matches and 41 wickets; champions in 2019 and 2020.
2022 to 2024, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹5.25 cr. 36 matches and 32 wickets.
2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹3.2 cr. 1 match.
2026, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2026 auction for ₹5.2 cr. 1 match.
5 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2019 to 2021. 2018 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 75 wickets in 1,695 deliveries, at 7.77 runs an over against a league rate of 8.43 for the same seasons: 0.66 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 27.
34.2% of the balls Rahul Chahar bowled were dots, a lower share than 56% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 22.6 balls.
The fielding record: 21 catches.
At the auction
Rahul Chahar has gone under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹5.25 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2022, more than 7 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2017, ₹5.2 cr by 2026. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2018.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Rahul Chahar has made 80 IPL appearances, the latest for Chennai Super Kings 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rising Pune Supergiant | 3 | 3 | 3* | – | 150.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 8.29 | 1/26 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6.0 | 109.1 | 0/0 | 13 | 6.55 | 3/19 | 3 | Champions | |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 2 | 2* | – | 50.0 | 0/0 | 15 | 8.17 | 2/18 | 3 | Champions | |
| 2021 | Mumbai Indians | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3.5 | 93.3 | 0/0 | 13 | 7.40 | 4/27 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 13 | 77 | 25* | 12.8 | 113.2 | 0/0 | 14 | 7.71 | 3/25 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 8 | 7.75 | 2/16 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | Punjab Kings | 9 | 21 | 16 | 21.0 | 140.0 | 0/0 | 10 | 8.95 | 3/23 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 11.50 | - | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Rising Pune Supergiant: 2017
- Mumbai Indians: 2019 to 2021
- Punjab Kings: 2022 to 2024
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2025
- Chennai Super Kings: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 54% |
| Balls per four | 9.5 |
| Balls per six | 24.8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 34.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 22.6 |
| Catches | 21 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Rising Pune Supergiant for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹1.9 cr |
| 2022 | SP1 | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹5.25 cr |
| 2025 | SP1 | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹3.2 cr |
| 2026 | SP1 | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹5.2 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet