IPL playerEngland2023 to 2025
Reece Topley
On scorecards: RJW Topley · Right-hand bat
Reece Topley, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Reece Topley arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹1.9 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 ₹1.9 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 ₹1.9 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
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 7.00 | 1/14 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 3 | 3* | – | 50.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 11.20 | 2/27 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 13.33 | - | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2023 to 2024
- Mumbai Indians: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 50% |
| Balls per four | 6 |
| Balls per six | 6 |
| Dot balls bowled | 36.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 24 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | FA1 | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.9 cr |
| 2025 | ACC | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹75 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet