IPL playerIndia2020 to 2026
Ravi Bishnoi
Right-hand bat
Ravi Bishnoi, a bowler, has played seven IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Ravi Bishnoi arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹2 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 14 matches, 7 runs and 12 wickets at 7.37 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Lucknow Super Giants: 16 wickets at 7.69 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 3 for 28.
Franchise by franchise
2020 to 2021, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹2 cr. 23 matches and 24 wickets.
2022 to 2025, Lucknow Super Giants. Arrived outside the auction. 54 matches and 48 wickets.
2026, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2026 auction for ₹7.20 cr. 9 matches and 11 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Lucknow Super Giants, 2022 to 2025.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 83 wickets in 1,795 deliveries, at 8.34 runs an over against a league rate of 8.74 for the same seasons: 0.41 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 41.
33.5% of the balls Ravi Bishnoi bowled were dots, a lower share than 63% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.6 balls.
The fielding record: 27 catches and 4 run-outs.
At the auction
Ravi Bishnoi has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹7.20 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2026, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2 cr in 2020, ₹7.20 cr by 2026.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Ravi Bishnoi has made 86 IPL appearances, the latest for Rajasthan Royals 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 7 | 6* | 7.0 | 58.3 | 0/0 | 12 | 7.37 | 3/29 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 0/0 | 12 | 6.39 | 3/24 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 13 | 8.37 | 2/22 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Lucknow Super Giants | 15 | 20 | 5 | 6.7 | 74.1 | 0/0 | 16 | 7.69 | 3/28 | 8 | ||
| 2024 | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1.3 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 10 | 8.77 | 2/25 | 3 | ||
| 2025 | Lucknow Super Giants | 11 | 13 | 13 | 6.5 | 81.2 | 0/0 | 9 | 10.84 | 2/18 | 5 | ||
| 2026 | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 11 | 9.82 | 4/41 | 4 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2020 to 2021
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2022 to 2025
- Rajasthan Royals: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 63.8% |
| Balls per four | 34.5 |
| Balls per six | 34.5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33.5% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.6 |
| Catches | 27 |
| Run-outs | 4 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet