Rachin Ravindra is the upcoming rising star of team New Zealand. He is well known for attacking left-hand batting who can also bowl quality left-arm spin. He has potential to change the game momentum with attacking shot selection.
And he has left his mark quite at international level in his short career. His consistency in international cricket helped him to earn an IPL contract from Chennai Super Kings in 2024.
Here you can check out Rachin Ravindra’s IPL career stats, records, and salary in every season.
Rachin Ravindra IPL Debut
On 22 March 2024, Rachin Ravindra made his IPL debut for Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He gets a chance to open the innings for CSK and he gives a furious start to CSK.
He scored 37 runs in just 15 balls with a strike rate of 246.Then he was caught out by Rajat Patidar on the bowling of Karan Sharma. He scored 3 sixes and 3 four in this inning.
His debut innings gives a future look to his bright future in the IPL.
| Match | CSK vs RCB, 1st Match, Indian Premier League 2024 |
| Date | Friday, March 22, 2024 |
| Toss | Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opt to bat |
| Time | 8:00 PM |
| Venue | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Rachin Ravindra Performance in IPL 2024
Rachin Ravindra had a decent IPL season in 2024. He always tries to give CSK a good start and make good runs in powerplay.
Rachin played in ten matches for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and amassed 222 runs at a strike rate of 160.87, including a fifty against RCB. he scored total 22 fours and 12 sixes in IPL 2024.
Rachin Ravindra Last IPL Match
Rachin’s last appearance in IPL 2024 came on May 18, 2024. He featured in the high – scoring game between CSK and RCB. He Played his best inning of IPL 2024 in this match.
The Kiwi batter managed to score 61 runs off 37 deliveries with a strike rate of 164.86. Even with such a good innings, CSK could not win this match and finally Rachin got run-out by Swapnil singh.
| Match | RCB vs CSK, 68th Match, Indian Premier League 2024 |
| Date | Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
| Toss | Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Time | 7:30 PM |
| Venue | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
Rachin Ravindra IPL Auction Price & History
Rachin Ravindra’s consistency in international and T20 cricket helped him to earn an IPL contract in 2024. CSK snapped up the batting all-rounder for 1.80 Cr in the auction. He has played only one IPL season so far.
Rachin Ravindra sold to CSK for INR 4 crore.
| year | Price | Team |
| 2024 | Rs1.80 Cr | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2025 | 3.2 Cr | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
Rachin Ravindra Batting & Fielding Stats in IPL
| Year | Matches | No | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Cts | St |
| Career | 10 | 0 | 222 | 61 | 22.2 | 138 | 160.87 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 222 | 61 | 22.2 | 138 | 160.87 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Rachin Ravindra bowling stats
| Year | Matches | Balls | Runs | WKTS | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Career | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0/3 | – | 3.5 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0/3 | – | 3.5 | – | 0 | 0 |
Want to know which team Rachin Ravindra will play for in IPL 2025?
Rachin Ravindra made his IPL debut in the last season and got many opportunities from Chennai Super Kings to showcase his game. This batting-rounder impressed with the bat in many games.
CSK already retained 5 players, so they released Rachin. but Rachin provided a good opening start to CSK many times.
CSK has an RTM card available in auction so there is a good chance they can use that RTM card for Rachin in the auction. Rachin can be an ideal all-rounder for them since there are few options like him.
Rachin Ravindra was sold to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for INR 4 crore after a bidding battle with Punjab Kings (PBKS). Ravindra was initially bid by PBKS for INR 3.2 crore, but CSK used their Right to Match (RTM) card to secure him at the final bid of INR 4 crore.
