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IPL playerIndia2020 to 2026

Shahbaz Ahmed

Right-hand bat

7
Seasons
63
Matches
603
Runs
SR 123.3
27
Wickets
econ 9.76
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2020 to 2026 · Sources

Shahbaz Ahmed, an all-rounder, has played seven IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Shahbaz Ahmed arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹20 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 2 matches, 1 run and 2 wickets.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2022, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 219 runs at an average of 27.4, striking at 121.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 134.2, and a highest score of 45.

With the ball, the best season was 2021, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 7 wickets at 6.57 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 3 for 7.

Franchise by franchise

2020 to 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹20 lakh. 39 matches, 321 runs and 14 wickets.

2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arrived outside the auction. 16 matches, 215 runs and 7 wickets.

2025 to 2026, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.40 cr. 8 matches, 67 runs and 6 wickets.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2020 to 2023.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Shahbaz Ahmed has struck at 123.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 141.8, so Shahbaz Ahmed has scored about 18 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 50% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 33 fours and 28 sixes.

With the ball, 27 wickets in 657 deliveries, at 9.76 runs an over against a league rate of 8.80 for the same seasons: 0.97 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

25.7% of the balls Shahbaz Ahmed bowled were dots, a lower share than 100% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 24.3 balls.

The fielding record: 20 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Shahbaz Ahmed has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹2.40 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022, more than 8 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2020, ₹2.40 cr by 2025.

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

Where it stands

Shahbaz Ahmed has made 63 IPL appearances, the latest for Lucknow Super Giants in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.

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
2020Royal Challengers Bangalore211*–100.00/027.332/261
2021Royal Challengers Bangalore1159148.4111.30/076.573/73
2022Royal Challengers Bangalore162194527.4121.00/049.552/268
2023Royal Challengers Bangalore104220*10.5107.70/0113.571/385
2024Sunrisers Hyderabad1621559*23.9129.51/079.763/2331
2025Lucknow Super Giants3999.0112.50/0112.001/410
2026Lucknow Super Giants55843*–141.50/0511.642/300

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 faced34.4%
Balls per four14.8
Balls per six17.5
Dot balls bowled25.7%
Balls per wicket24.3
Catches20
Run-outs2
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
2020–₹20 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹20 lakh
2022UAL1₹30 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.40 cr
2025ACC₹1 crSold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹2.40 cr

Sources