IPL playerAustralia2021 to 2023
Riley Meredith
On scorecards: RP Meredith · Right-hand bat
Riley Meredith, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Riley Meredith arrived through the auction: Punjab Kings paid ₹8 cr, against a base price of ₹40 lakh.
That first season brought 5 matches and 4 wickets at 9.84 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2022, for Mumbai Indians: 8 wickets at 8.43 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 2 for 24.
Franchise by franchise
2021, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹8 cr. 5 matches and 4 wickets.
2022 to 2023, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹1 cr. 13 matches and 15 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2022 to 2023.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 19 wickets in 390 deliveries, at 9.42 runs an over against a league rate of 8.36 for the same seasons: 1.05 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
At the auction
Riley Meredith went under the hammer six times, bought twice and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹8 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2021, more than 20 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹1 cr.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Riley Meredith made 18 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2023.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 4 | 9.84 | 1/29 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 8 | 8.43 | 2/24 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 7 | 10.44 | 2/33 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2021
- Mumbai Indians: 2022 to 2023
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 100% |
| Balls per four | 3 |
| Balls per six | 3 |
| Dot balls bowled | 37.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.4 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UFA1 | ₹40 lakh | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹8 cr |
| 2022 | – | ₹1 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹1 cr |
| 2023 | FA2 | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2024 | FA2 | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2025 | FA7 | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2026 | FA3 | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet