Hailing from Bhilwara, Rajasthan, Mukesh Choudhary is a left-arm pacer and occasionally a left-handed batter. Before IPL, Mukesh Choudhary used to play for the club cricket in his hometown, Bhilwara, before moving to Maharashtra. He then started his domestic cricket journey, debuting in the Ranji (2017-18 season) and the Mushtaq Ali Trophy (2019). Mukesh Choudhary's cricket journey is an example of determination and hard work. From a club cricketer in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, Mukesh Choudhary landed a job as a net bowler in the CSK squad.
From there, his life changed when the CSK scouting team noticed his discipline and rigorous training schedule. He then got his first IPL job with the Chennai franchise for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs in 2022. Despite his missing the 2023 season and 2024 bad form, CSK re-signed Mukesh Choudhary for the amount of Rs 30 lakhs ahead of the IPL 2025 season.
Here is an overview of the Mukesh Choudhary IPL 2025 profile-
In 2022, Mukesh Choudhary made his IPL debut with Chennai Super Kings against Lucknow Super Giants on March 31st at the Brabourne Stadium. In his first match, Mukesh Choudhary only delivered 3.3 overs while conceding 39 runs at an 11.10 economy rate. However, he bounced back from his bad form and showed an excellent innings in the later matches including 3/19 wickets against MI and his best figure of 4/46 against SRH.
Other than the debut season, left-arm pacer Mukesh Chaudhary hasn’t got a chance to fully unveil his potential in the IPL. Due to bad form and limited chances in the CSK, Mukesh Choudhary couldn’t make it to the team XI.
Once again Chennai Super Kings gave another chance to their 2022 top performer, Mukesh Choudhary in the 2025 IPL season. The franchise decided to purchase his services for Rs 30 lakhs in the IPL Mega Auction. In the previous season 2024, Mukesh Choudhary has only delivered an over while conceding 27 runs.
Since his 2022 debut Mukesh Choudhary has been part of the Chennai Super Kings. Despite his injuries striking him, the franchise has given him another chance in the following seasons, after his standout debut season in 2022.
The Chennai franchise first bought Mukesh Choudhary’s services in 2022 for his base price of Rs 20 Lakhs. Since then he is an integral part of the franchise and once again got an offer for Rs 30 Lakhs in the Mega IPL Auction 2024.
From a net bowler to one of CSK's joint-highest wicket-takers in IPL 2022, Mukesh Choudhary has advanced so much in such a short time in the tournament. Under the mentorship of MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary honed his skills of swing ball, especially in the powerplay overs. Plus, he developed the ability to deliver the ball in the death overs under the guidance of a former CSK captain. Unfortunately, injuries hampered his IPL journey and shortened his opportunity to showcase his skills in the later seasons. .
Take a look at Mukesh Choudhary's IPL batting and bowling stats-
Understandably, the batting is not the best pursuit of pacer Mukesh Choudhary in the IPL. The left-handed batter only faced 6 balls in the tournament, scoring 6 runs with a strike rate of 100.00. His highest score is 4 runs.
Here are Mukesh Choudhary's IPL batting stats from the 2022 to 2025 seasons.
Since his debut, Mukesh Choudhary has been struck by injuries that have affected his overall IPL career. Apart from that, Mukesh Choudhary had his best IPL season in the 2022 season. He picked up 16 wickets while averaging 26.5 at a 9.32 economy rate in 13 matches.
The table shows all of Mukesh Choudhary's IPL bowling stats from the 2022 to 2025 seasons.
So far, Mukesh Choudhary has played 16 IPL matches. The lower-order batter only scored 6 runs, with the highest score of 4 in the tournament. Speaking of his bowling stats, Mukesh Choudhary bagged 17 wickets with a best bowling figure of four wickets for 46 runs.
The table shows Mukesh Choudhary's IPL records in his career.
Mukesh Choudhary has taken 17 wickets in the IPL while playing 16 matches so far. His average bowling rate is 30.71, and his economy rate is 9.94. His best bowling figure is 4 wickets while conceding 46 runs in the 2022 IPL season.
Mukesh Choudhary’s best IPL bowling figure in IPL is 4 wickets while conceding 46 runs in a match between CSK and SRH in 2022. Mukesh Choudhary scored his best figures with an economy rate of 11.50 and dismissed Hyderabad’s key player, Abhishek Sharma. Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, and Shashank Singh. His 4-wicket haul helped CSK to a 13-run victory over SRH at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
No, Mukesh Choudhary hasn't bagged a five-wicket haul in his brief IPL career. He has only played 16 wickets with two hat-tricks and one four-wicket haul.
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