Khaleel Ahmed

Bowler

India

matches

63

runs

1

wickets

84

born

December 5, 1997

IPL Debut

2018

Batting Style

Right Handed

Bowling Style

Left-arm fast medium

About Khaleel Ahmed

India hasn't been able to produce a premier left-arm pace bowler since Zaheer Khan. There have been a few candidates to take that place, and one of them is Khaleel Ahmed. He hails from Rajasthan, where at first his parents wanted him to become a doctor and did not support his desire to play cricket. However, he persuaded them and began training with a tennis ball to learn the art of pace bowling.


His hard work paid off, and he represented India at the 2016 U-19 World Cup. Although he could not take that many wickets in the tournament, he impressed Rahul Dravid, the then coach of India U-19 and Delhi, which was enough to get a contract from Delhi for the 2016 Indian Premier League.He did not get any games, but training with Zaheer Khan helped him sharpen his skills. Ahmed made his T20 debut for Rajasthan in the 2016–17 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In the same year, he made his first-class debut in the Ranji Trophy as well. The following season, he played his first List A game.


Ahmed had a successful domestic season in 2017-18, which earned him 3 crores at the auction, and he joined Hyderabad for the Indian Premier League. Following his consistent domestic performances, he quickly found himself in the national setup. Ahmed made his ODI debut in the 2018 Asia Cup against Hong Kong, where he picked up three wickets. In the same year, he played his first T20I against the West Indies at Eden Gardens.


His breakthrough season came in the 2019 Indian Premier League, where he picked up 19 wickets in nine matches. He suffered a dip in form in the next couple of seasons, was dropped from the Indian team, and could not get many games for Hyderabad as well. In 2022, he was bought back by Delhi and had a successful season, registering 16 wickets in ten games.


Although he was absent from international cricket, he remained a key figure in the IPL. His performances in the 2023 season for Delhi Capitals were inconsistent, but in 2024, he made a strong comeback, taking 17 wickets, his second-highest IPL tally overall and his best performance with DC. This set the stage for a long-awaited achievement when he was finally named to the Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.


He continued to work hard in domestic cricket, steadily improving. In the Duleep Trophy, his performances caught the eye, and he earned a spot with the India A team for a first-class Test tour of Australia, where he claimed two wickets. Additionally, he was selected as a reserve player for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25, filling in for the injured Yash Dayal. In the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy, playing for Rajasthan, he impressed with a 4-wicket haul against Railways and followed it up with a 5-wicket performance against Vidarbha.


Impressed by his consistent performances, and with DC releasing Khaleel before the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, CSK secured his services for INR 4.8 crores. Khaleel’s diverse skill set, including his handy variations, makes him a perfect fit for the challenging conditions at Chepauk.




Khaleel Ahmed IPL Career Statistics

BATTING & FIELDING

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Overall

MAT

NO

RUNS

HS

AVERAGE

S/R

50S

4S

6S

CT

ST

6

0

-

-

-

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

14

0

-

-

-

0.00

0

0

0

1

0

9

0

0

0 v LSG

-

0.00

0

0

0

2

0

10

0

0

0 v GT

0.00

0.00

0

0

0

-

-

7

0

1

1 v MI

1.00

50.00

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

0 v PBKS

0.00

0.00

0

0

0

1

0

9

0

0

0 v DC

0.00

0.00

0

0

0

-

-

1

0

-

-

-

0.00

0

0

0

-

-

63

0

1

1 v MI

0.20

14.28

0

0

0

4

0

BOWLING

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Overall

INN

BALLS

RUNS

WKTS

BBI

AVE

ECON

S/R

3W

5W

6

138

205

10

3/29 v MI

20.50

8.91

13.80

1

0

14

300

479

17

2/21 v CSK

28.17

9.58

17.64

0

0

9

198

301

9

2/24 v GT

33.44

9.12

22.00

0

0

10

235

315

16

3/25 v KKR

19.68

8.04

14.68

2

0

7

162

219

5

3/21 v PBKS

43.80

8.11

32.40

1

0

7

154

242

8

2/24 v PBKS

30.25

9.42

19.25

0

0

9

209

287

19

3/30 v DC

15.10

8.23

11.00

5

0

1

18

38

0

0/38 v KKR

-

12.66

-

0

0

63

1414

2086

84

3/21 v PBKS

24.83

8.85

16.83

9

0

IPL Squad

Axar

Patel

All-Rounder

India

Matches

4

Runs

58

Wickets

-

Ashutosh

Sharma

Batter

India

Matches

3

Runs

67

Highest Score

66

Faf

du Plessis

Batter

South Africa

Matches

3

Runs

81

Highest Score

50

Jake

Fraser-McGurk

Batter

Australia

Matches

4

Runs

46

Highest Score

38

Karun

Nair

Batter

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Highest Score

-

Sameer

Rizvi

Batter

India

Matches

2

Runs

24

Highest Score

20

Ajay

Mandal

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Madhav

Tiwari

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Manvanth

Kumar

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Tripurana

Vijay

All-Rounder

India

Matches

-

Runs

-

Wickets

-

Vipraj

Nigam

Bowler

India

Matches

4

Runs

40

Wickets

5

Abishek

Porel

Batter

India

Matches

4

Runs

74

Stumpings

-

Donovan

Ferreira

Wicket Keeper

South Africa

Matches

-

Runs

-

Stumpings

-

KL

Rahul

Wicket Keeper

India

Matches

3

Runs

185

Stumpings

-

Tristan

Stubbs

Batter

South Africa

Matches

4

Runs

117

Stumpings

-

Darshan

Nalkande

Bowler

India

Matches

-

Wickets

-

Best Figures

-

Dushmantha

Chameera

Bowler

Sri Lanka

Matches

-

Wickets

-

Best Figures

-

Kuldeep

Yadav

Bowling

India

Matches

4

Wickets

8

Best Figures

3/22

Mitchell

Starc

Bowler

Australia

Matches

4

Wickets

9

Best Figures

5/35

Mohit

Sharma

Bowler

India

Matches

4

Wickets

2

Best Figures

1/10

Mukesh

Kumar

Bowler

India

Matches

4

Wickets

3

Best Figures

1/22

T

Natarajan

Bowler

India

Matches

-

Wickets

-

Best Figures

-