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IPL playerIndia2017 to 2025

Rahul Tripathi

On scorecards: RA Tripathi · Right-hand bat

9
Seasons
100
Matches
2,291
Runs
SR 137.8
0
Wickets
econ 12.00
0
Titles
4
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2017 to 2025 · Sources

Rahul Tripathi, a batter, played nine IPL seasons for five franchises. In nine seasons the title never came.

The arrival

Rahul Tripathi arrived through the auction: Rising Pune Supergiant paid ₹10 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 14 matches and 391 runs.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2022, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 413 runs at an average of 34.4, striking at 158.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 134.2, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 76.

Franchise by franchise

2017, Rising Pune Supergiant. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹10 lakh. 14 matches and 391 runs.

2018 to 2019, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹3.40 cr. 20 matches and 367 runs.

2020 to 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹60 lakh. 28 matches and 627 runs.

2022 to 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹8.50 cr. 33 matches and 851 runs.

2025, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹3.40 cr. 5 matches and 55 runs.

5 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2022 to 2024.

How the runs came

Across the career, Rahul Tripathi struck at 137.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 135.7, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 62% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 229 fours and 85 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 36.3% of the balls Rahul Tripathi faced were dot balls, a lower share than 50% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 19.6 balls, and a four every 7.3.

The fielding record: 34 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Rahul Tripathi went under the hammer six times. The highest price was ₹8.50 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, more than 21 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2017, ₹75 lakh by 2026. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Rahul Tripathi made 100 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2025, and won 4 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2017Rising Pune Supergiant143919327.9146.42/0012.00-51
2018Rajasthan Royals1222680*25.1135.31/0–––4
2019Rajasthan Royals81415023.5119.51/0–––3
2020Kolkata Knight Riders112308123.0127.11/0–––31
2021Kolkata Knight Riders1739774*28.4140.32/0–––8
2022Sunrisers Hyderabad144137634.4158.23/0–––62
2023Sunrisers Hyderabad1327374*22.8128.21/0–––2
2024Sunrisers Hyderabad61655527.5143.51/0–––2
2025Chennai Super Kings5552311.096.50/0–––1

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 faced36.3%
Balls per four7.3
Balls per six19.6
Dot balls bowled0%
Balls per wicket6
Catches34
Run-outs1
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
2017–₹10 lakhSold to Rising Pune Supergiant for ₹10 lakh
2018UBA1₹20 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹3.40 cr
2020UBA1₹20 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹60 lakh
2022UBA1₹40 lakhSold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹8.50 cr
2025BA1₹75 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹3.40 cr
2026ACC₹75 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹75 lakh

Sources