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Vipraj Nigam

On scorecards: V Nigam · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
19
Matches
157
Runs
SR 176.5
13
Wickets
econ 9.60
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2025 to 2026 · Sources

Vipraj Nigam, a bowler, has played two IPL seasons, both with Delhi Capitals.

The arrival

Vipraj Nigam arrived through the auction: Delhi Capitals paid ₹50 lakh, against a base price of ₹30 lakh.

That first season brought 14 matches, 142 runs and 11 wickets at 8.97 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2025, for Delhi Capitals: 11 wickets at 8.97 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 9.48, with best figures of 2 for 18.

One franchise

Vipraj Nigam has spent the whole IPL career with Delhi Capitals, from 2025 to 2026.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 13 wickets in 293 deliveries, at 9.60 runs an over against a league rate of 9.52 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.

The fielding record: 3 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Vipraj Nigam has gone under the hammer once. The price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2025.

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

Where it stands

Vipraj Nigam has made 19 IPL appearances, the latest for Delhi Capitals in 2026.

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
2025Delhi Capitals141423920.3179.80/0118.972/183
2026Delhi Capitals5151215.0150.00/0212.331/240

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 faced31.5%
Balls per four4.9
Balls per six11.1
Dot balls bowled29.5%
Balls per wicket22.2
Catches3
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
2025ACC₹30 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh

Sources