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IPL playerIndia2023 to 2026

Yash Thakur

Right-hand bat

4
Seasons
22
Matches
0
Runs
27
Wickets
econ 10.49
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2023 to 2026 · Sources

Yash Thakur, a bowler, has played four IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Yash Thakur arrived through the auction: Lucknow Super Giants paid ₹45 lakh, against a base price of ₹20 lakh. That debut came after going unsold once (2022).

That first season brought 9 matches and 13 wickets at 8.98 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2023, for Lucknow Super Giants: 13 wickets at 8.98 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 4 for 37.

Franchise by franchise

2023 to 2024, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹45 lakh. 19 matches and 24 wickets.

2025 to 2026, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹1.60 cr. 3 matches and 3 wickets.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Lucknow Super Giants, 2023 to 2024.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 27 wickets in 472 deliveries, at 10.49 runs an over against a league rate of 9.16 for the same seasons: 1.32 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There were two four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 30.

The fielding record: 2 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Yash Thakur has gone under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹1.60 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2025, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹45 lakh in 2023, ₹1.60 cr by 2025. Unsold in 2022, Yash Thakur was bought in 2023 by Lucknow Super Giants.

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

Where it stands

Yash Thakur has made 22 IPL appearances, the latest for Punjab Kings in 2026, and has won 1 player-of-the-match award.

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
2023Lucknow Super Giants90–––0/0138.984/371
2024Lucknow Super Giants100–––0/01111.275/3011
2025Punjab Kings20–––0/0111.851/390
2026Punjab Kings10–––0/0213.202/550

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 bowled31.3%
Balls per wicket17.3
Catches2
Run-outs1
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
2022–₹20 lakhUnsold
2023UFA1₹20 lakhSold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹45 lakh
2025UFA1₹30 lakhSold to Punjab Kings for ₹1.60 cr

Sources