IPL playerIndia2018 to 2022
Shivam Mavi
Right-hand bat
Shivam Mavi, a bowler, played four IPL seasons, all of them with Kolkata Knight Riders.
The arrival
Shivam Mavi arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹3 cr, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 9 matches, 13 runs and 5 wickets at 9.59 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2021, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 11 wickets at 7.13 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 4 for 21.
One franchise
Shivam Mavi spent the whole IPL career with Kolkata Knight Riders, from 2018 to 2022, although 2019 passed without an appearance. Kolkata Knight Riders went back to the auction to buy Shivam Mavi again in 2022 for ₹7.25 cr.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 30 wickets in 655 deliveries, at 8.63 runs an over against a league rate of 8.20 for the same seasons: 0.43 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 21.
39.1% of the balls Shivam Mavi bowled were dots, a higher share than 74% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.6 balls.
The fielding record: 17 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Shivam Mavi went under the hammer six times, bought five times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹7.25 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022, more than 18 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2026, cost ₹75 lakh. Unsold in 2025, Shivam Mavi was bought again in 2026 by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Gujarat Titans in 2023, Lucknow Super Giants in 2024 and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2026.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Shivam Mavi made 32 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4.3 | 86.7 | 0/0 | 5 | 9.59 | 1/14 | 4 | ||
| 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5.0 | 71.4 | 0/0 | 9 | 8.15 | 2/15 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 25 | 20 | 12.5 | 125.0 | 0/0 | 11 | 7.13 | 4/21 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 42.9 | 0/0 | 5 | 10.16 | 1/33 | 4 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2018 to 2022
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 53.6% |
| Balls per four | 14 |
| Balls per six | 28 |
| Dot balls bowled | 39.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.6 |
| Catches | 17 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UAL2 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹3 cr |
| 2022 | UAL1 | ₹40 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹7.25 cr |
| 2023 | UFA1 | ₹40 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹6 cr |
| 2024 | FA1 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹6.40 cr |
| 2025 | FA5 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2026 | FA1 | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad 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