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IPL playerEngland2023 to 2025

Reece Topley

On scorecards: RJW Topley · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
6
Matches
3
Runs
SR 50.0
5
Wickets
econ 11.10
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2023 to 2025 · Sources

Reece Topley, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Reece Topley arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹1.90 cr, against a base price of ₹75 lakh. That debut came after going unsold twice (2021 and 2022).

That first season brought 1 match and 1 wicket.

Franchise by franchise

2023 to 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 5 matches and 5 wickets.

2025, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹75 lakh. 1 match.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2023 to 2024.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 5 wickets in 120 deliveries, at 11.10 runs an over against a league rate of 9.33 for the same seasons: 1.77 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 2 catches.

At the auction

Reece Topley went under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹1.90 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2023. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2025, cost ₹75 lakh. Unsold in 2021, Reece Topley was bought in 2023 by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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

The legacy

Reece Topley made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2025.

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
2023Royal Challengers Bangalore10–––0/017.001/140
2024Royal Challengers Bengaluru433*–50.00/0411.202/271
2025Mumbai Indians10–––0/0013.33-1

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 faced50%
Balls per four6
Balls per six6
Dot balls bowled36.7%
Balls per wicket24
Catches2
Run-outs0
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
2021–₹50 lakhUnsold
2022–₹75 lakhUnsold
2023FA1₹75 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.90 cr
2025ACC₹75 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹75 lakh

Sources