IPL playerIndia2014 to 2024
Shreyas Gopal
On scorecards: S Gopal · Right-hand bat
Shreyas Gopal, a bowler, played nine IPL seasons for three franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Shreyas Gopal arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹10 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 4 matches, 11 runs and 6 wickets at 8.07 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2019, for Rajasthan Royals: 20 wickets at 7.20 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.24, with best figures of 3 for 12.
Franchise by franchise
2014 to 2016, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹10 lakh. 6 matches and 7 wickets; champions in 2015.
2018 to 2021, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹20 lakh. 42 matches, 157 runs and 41 wickets.
2022, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹75 lakh. 1 match and 1 wicket.
2024, Mumbai Indians, second time round. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹20 lakh. 3 matches and 3 wickets.
4 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2018 to 2021. 2017 and 2023 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 52 wickets in 992 deliveries, at 8.16 runs an over against a league rate of 8.27 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 16.
32% of the balls Shreyas Gopal bowled were dots, a lower share than 83% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 19.1 balls.
The fielding record: 5 catches.
At the auction
Shreyas Gopal went under the hammer six times, bought five times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹75 lakh, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2014, ₹30 lakh by 2025. Unsold in 2023, Shreyas Gopal was bought again in 2024 by Mumbai Indians. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Shreyas Gopal made 52 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2024, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11.0 | 110.0 | 0/0 | 6 | 8.07 | 2/25 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 10.62 | 1/23 | 0 | Champions | |
| 2016 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 0/0 | 0 | 6.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 50 | 24 | 16.7 | 111.1 | 0/0 | 11 | 7.61 | 4/16 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 63 | 19* | 15.8 | 137.0 | 0/0 | 20 | 7.20 | 3/12 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 37 | 23* | 9.3 | 94.9 | 0/0 | 10 | 8.54 | 2/28 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 7 | 7* | 7.0 | 140.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 12.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 9 | 9* | – | 128.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 11.33 | 1/34 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 9.57 | 1/9 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2014 to 2016
- Rajasthan Royals: 2018 to 2021
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2022
- Mumbai Indians: 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 39.6% |
| Balls per four | 8.9 |
| Balls per six | 84.5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 32% |
| Balls per wicket | 19.1 |
| Catches | 5 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | USP1 | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | UAL3 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh |
| 2022 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹75 lakh |
| 2023 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | USP1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹20 lakh |
| 2025 | USP1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹30 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet