IPL playerIndia2019 to 2026
Rasikh Salam
Right-hand bat
Rasikh Salam, a bowler, has played five IPL seasons for four franchises. Three titles came along the way.
The arrival
Rasikh Salam arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹20 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 1 match and 5 runs, and ended with Mumbai Indians as champions.
The peak
The best season was 2026, for Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 19 wickets at 9.38 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.73, with best figures of 4 for 24. Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the title that year.
Franchise by franchise
2019, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹20 lakh. 1 match; champions in 2019.
2022, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹20 lakh. 2 matches.
2024, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹20 lakh. 8 matches and 9 wickets.
2025 to 2026, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹6 cr. 14 matches and 20 wickets; champions in 2025 and 2026.
4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 2025 to 2026. 2020, 2021 and 2023 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 29 wickets in 492 deliveries, at 9.93 runs an over against a league rate of 9.46 for the same seasons: 0.47 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 24.
The fielding record: 5 catches.
At the auction
Rasikh Salam has gone under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹6 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2025, more than 20 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2019, ₹6 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2023, Rasikh Salam was bought again in 2024 by Delhi Capitals.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Rasikh Salam has made 25 IPL appearances, the latest for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2026.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 5 | 5* | – | 125.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.69 | - | 1 | Champions | |
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 116.7 | 0/0 | 0 | 7.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 28 | 10 | 7.0 | 93.3 | 0/0 | 9 | 10.98 | 3/34 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 11.67 | 1/35 | 1 | Champions | |
| 2026 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 12 | 3 | 3* | – | 150.0 | 0/0 | 19 | 9.38 | 4/24 | 2 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2019
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2022
- Delhi Capitals: 2024
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 45.2% |
| Balls per four | 8.4 |
| Balls per six | 42 |
| Dot balls bowled | 30.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 16.8 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹20 lakh |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹20 lakh |
| 2023 | UFA3 | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹20 lakh |
| 2025 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹6 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet