Shreyas Gopal IPL Career Stats & Records 2026

Shreyas Gopal IPL Profile: Stats, Records & Career Highlights 2026

Shreyas Gopal is an India player who plays for the Chennai Super Kings (previously Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals) in the Indian Premier League. (IPL). The date of birth of Shreyas Gopal is September 04, 1993. As of April 2026, he is 32. Shreyas Gopal is a Right Arm Leg Spin from . He played his first match of the IPL in 2014. The 32-year-old fast bowler has participated in 52 games in the IPL and earned 52 wickets. His best bowling figures in the IPL are 20/347. The price of Shreyas Gopal in the IPL is ₹ 0.30 Cr. He played his recent match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Shreyas Gopal IPL Career Overview – All-time IPL Stats, Records and Achievements

Shreyas Gopal is one such player who comes quietly and changes the course of the IPL match. He has repeatedly brought his team back into the match as a leg-spin bowler by taking crucial wickets in the middle overs during his IPL career.

However, his speciality is maintaining composure and bowling smartly even under pressure. Furthermore, he can also add small but useful runs with the bat when needed to provide a good balance to the team.

Shreyas Gopal IPL Debut

Shreyas Gopal's first IPL team was the Mumbai Indians, which allowed him to showcase his talent at the Ahmedabad ground on 19 May 2014 against the Rajasthan Royals, where he bowled brilliantly and took 2 wickets for 25 runs. This impressive start laid a strong foundation for Shreyas Gopal's IPL career, after which he emerged as one of the leading leg-spinners in the league.

Shreyas Gopal IPL Team History

Shreyas Gopal's IPL career began with the Mumbai Indians in 2014, where he impressed everyone with his accurate leg-spin in his very first season and remained with the team till 2016. 

The most golden chapter was added to Shreyas Gopal's IPL history when he associated with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and became the team's main spinner from 2018 to 2021.

Although the 2017 IPL season was quiet for him as he was part of the MI team at the time, the presence of experienced spinners like Harbhajan Singh and Krunal Pandya prevented him from participating in the playing XI.

But then, he joined Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in 2022 and returned to his former team, the Mumbai Indians, in 2024. 

In the 2025 IPL season, Shreyas Gopal's IPL team was the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), where he established himself as a key backup player and provided depth to the team's spin attack. Thereafter, gaining the faith of the team management, the squad retained him for the current 2026 season. 

IPL Salary and Auction History of Shreyas Gopal

Shreyas Gopal's IPL history shows that his price has fluctuated a lot during the auctions in the cricketing world, beginning from the Mumbai Indians, who first identified his potential and picked him up for ₹10 lakh in 2014 till 2017. His fortunes changed in 2018 when RR signed him for Rs 20 lakh, where he performed consistently well until 2021.

Then the biggest jump in his auction price was seen when Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him for a whopping sum of ₹75 lakh in the 2022 mega auction due to his stellar performances for Rajasthan Royals. 

He was then bought back by MI in 2024 for Rs 20 lakh, and in the IPL 2025 auction, CSK bought him for Rs 30 lakh and retained him for the same price for the 2026 season.

Shreyas Gopal IPL Performance and Career Stats

Shreyas Gopal's IPL stats reflect his brilliant leg-spin and googly bowling, as well as his useful lower-order batting ability, which has earned him a unique role in the bowling attack and batting depth for various teams.

Bowling Performance–

According to Shreyas Gopal's IPL stats, he has played a total of 52 matches and bowled in 51 innings so far, in which Shreyas Gopal's IPL wickets are 52, while he has conceded 1,349 runs in 165.1 overs.

His best bowling figures are 4/16 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as of now. His IPL career bowling average is 25.94, economy rate is 8.16, and strike rate is 19.00. 

Although his performances have improved over time, especially when he proved his worth by taking hat-tricks against legends in the 2019 season.

He has taken four wickets (4w) in an IPL innings once, although he is yet to take a five-wicket haul (5w) or ten-wicket haul (10w).

Batting Performance–

According to Shreyas Gopal's IPL batting stats, he has played a total of 52 matches and batted in 22 innings, where he scored a total of 180 runs, including 19 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 106.50 and a batting average of 12.85 and his best batting innings has been 24 runs as of now. 

Shreyas Gopal IPL Milestones and Achievements

Here, Shreyas Gopal's IPL records a few milestones and achievements are given–  

• Historic "Golden" Hat-trick (2019): He took a historic hat-trick against RCB in 2019 by dismissing Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Marcus Stoinis in the same over.
• Represented several franchises: He has played for a several big teams, including the Mumbai Indians (MI), the Rajasthan Royals (RR), the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), and now the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), where he has proved himself to be a versatile player in all conditions in the IPL.
• All-round Utility: He has also been a useful lower-order batsman by scoring more than 100 runs in his IPL career, which makes him a balanced option for the team who can also contribute with the bat when needed.
• 50 IPL wickets milestone: Shreyas Gopal's IPL wickets count has reached more than 50 due to consistent and impressive performances.
• Career-Best Season: He proved his superiority by taking a brilliant 20 wickets in 14 matches for the RR in 2019.

IPL Iconic Moments of Shreyas Gopal

Shreyas Gopal’s IPL records several iconic and memorable moments, as follows– 

RR vs RCB, 2019

Gopal created history by taking a magical hat-trick for RR in the second over of a rain-curtailed 5-5 over match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 30, 2019. He dismissed Virat Kohli (25), AB de Villiers (10), and Marcus Stoinis (0) in consecutive balls for just 12 runs, a performance that is considered one of the most memorable in the IPL.

RR vs RCB, 2019

He bowled brilliantly against Virat Kohli (23) and then took a brilliant catch to dismiss AB de Villiers (13) off his own bowling and showcased his spin magic in a match played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 2, 2019.

Thus, he dismissed both of these giants again in Bengaluru in the same season (2019). Though this feat twice in the same season is special enough, doing it against legends like Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers makes him the true “Giant Killer” of IPL.

RR vs RCB, 2018

Gopal record career best performance against RCB on 19 May 2018 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, where he dismantled RCB's formidable batting lineup, such as AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, and Parthiv Patel for just 16 runs in his 4 overs, establishing him as one of the league's most astute and effective bowlers. His match-winning spell led RR‘s 30-run victory in that match, for which he was awarded Player of the Match.

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