IPL playerIndia2020 to 2026
Tushar Deshpande
On scorecards: TU Deshpande · Right-hand bat
Tushar Deshpande, a bowler, has played six IPL seasons for three franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Tushar Deshpande arrived through the auction: Delhi Capitals paid ₹20 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold once (2019).
That first season brought 5 matches, 21 runs and 3 wickets at 11.18 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2023, for Chennai Super Kings: 21 wickets at 9.81 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 3 for 45. Chennai Super Kings won the title that year. Two seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2023 and 2024).
Franchise by franchise
2020, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹20 lakh. 5 matches and 3 wickets.
2022 to 2024, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹20 lakh. 31 matches and 39 wickets; champions in 2023.
2025 to 2026, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹6.50 cr. 17 matches and 13 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2022 to 2024. 2021 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 55 wickets in 1,110 deliveries, at 10.04 runs an over against a league rate of 9.10 for the same seasons: 0.94 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 27.
34.2% of the balls Tushar Deshpande bowled were dots, a lower share than 56% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.1 balls.
The fielding record: 10 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Tushar Deshpande has gone under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹6.50 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2025, more than 6 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2020, ₹6.50 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2019, Tushar Deshpande was bought in 2020 by Delhi Capitals.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Tushar Deshpande has made 53 IPL appearances, the latest for Rajasthan Royals in 2026.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 5 | 21 | 20* | 21.0 | 175.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 11.18 | 2/37 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1/40 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 21 | 9.81 | 3/45 | 2 | Champions | |
| 2024 | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 17 | 8.77 | 4/27 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7.0 | 87.5 | 0/0 | 9 | 10.63 | 3/44 | 2 | ||
| 2026 | Rajasthan Royals | 7 | 26 | 25 | 13.0 | 185.7 | 0/0 | 4 | 11.96 | 1/24 | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Capitals: 2020
- Chennai Super Kings: 2022 to 2024
- Rajasthan Royals: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.1% |
| Balls per four | 18 |
| Balls per six | 9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 34.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.1 |
| Catches | 10 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fast Bowler | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2020 | – | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹20 lakh |
| 2021 | – | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹20 lakh |
| 2025 | FA2 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹6.50 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet