Washington Sundar

The arrival

Washington Sundar's first IPL season was 2017, with Rising Pune Supergiant, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 11 matches, 9 runs and 8 wickets at 6.17 an over. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2026, for Gujarat Titans: 377 runs at an average of 37.7, striking at 150.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 156.5, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 55.

With the ball, the best season was 2017, for Rising Pune Supergiant: 8 wickets at 6.17 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.23, with best figures of 3 for 16.

Franchise by franchise

2017, Rising Pune Supergiant. 11 matches, 9 runs and 8 wickets.

2018 to 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹3.20 cr. 31 matches, 208 runs and 19 wickets.

2022 to 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹8.75 cr. 18 matches, 161 runs and 10 wickets.

2025 to 2026, Gujarat Titans. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹3.20 cr. 23 matches, 510 runs and 3 wickets.

4 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2018 to 2021.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Washington Sundar has struck at 135.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 145.1, so Washington Sundar has scored about 10 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 56% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 82 fours and 28 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 31.7% of the balls Washington Sundar faced were dot balls, a lower share than 87% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 23.4 balls, and a four every 8.

With the ball, 40 wickets in 1,176 deliveries, at 7.76 runs an over against a league rate of 8.44 for the same seasons: 0.69 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

32.8% of the balls Washington Sundar bowled were dots, a lower share than 70% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 29.4 balls.

The fielding record: 20 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Washington Sundar has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹8.75 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022, more than 5 times the base price.

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

Where it stands

Washington Sundar has made 83 IPL appearances, the latest for Gujarat Titans in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.