IPL playerSri Lanka2021 to 2025
Wanindu Hasaranga
On scorecards: PWH de Silva · Right-hand bat
Wanindu Hasaranga, a bowler, played four IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Wanindu Hasaranga's first IPL season was 2021, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 2 matches and 1 run.
The peak
The best season was 2022, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 26 wickets at 7.54 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 5 for 18.
Franchise by franchise
2021 to 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 26 matches and 35 wickets.
2025, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹5.25 cr. 11 matches and 11 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2021 to 2023. 2024 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 46 wickets in 798 deliveries, at 8.41 runs an over against a league rate of 8.78 for the same seasons: 0.36 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There were three four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 18.
33.1% of the balls Wanindu Hasaranga bowled were dots, a lower share than 68% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 17.4 balls.
The fielding record: 3 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Wanindu Hasaranga went under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹10.75 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022, more than 10 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2026, cost ₹2.0 cr. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024 and Lucknow Super Giants in 2026.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Wanindu Hasaranga made 37 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2025, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 16 | 38 | 18 | 5.4 | 88.4 | 0/0 | 26 | 7.54 | 5/18 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | 33 | 12* | 16.5 | 117.9 | 0/0 | 9 | 8.90 | 2/24 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1.8 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 11 | 9.05 | 4/35 | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2021 to 2023
- Rajasthan Royals: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 46.6% |
| Balls per four | 12.6 |
| Balls per six | 88 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 17.4 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | AL1 | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹10.75 cr |
| 2024 | AL1 | ₹1.5 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.5 cr |
| 2025 | SP1 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹5.25 cr |
| 2026 | AL1 | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹2.0 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet