What is Ashwani Kumar's playing role and style?

Ashwani Kumar is a professional cricketer representing India who plays as a bowler. Batting style: left-hand bat. Bowling style: left-arm medium.

Which cricket teams does Ashwani Kumar represent?

Ashwani Kumar plays for India, MI, Punjab across international and league cricket.

Where can I view Ashwani Kumar's latest stats and records?

You can explore Ashwani Kumar's complete career batting averages, bowling analysis, centuries, match logs, and milestones on VLive.in (https://www.vlive.in/cricketers/ashwani-kumar-1209126).

Ashwani Kumar Career Stats, Records, Batting Average & Profile

Teams & Squads

2 Teams

Leagues & Domestic

Punjab

PNJB

Profile & Biography

A left-arm fast bowler from Punjab, Ashwani Kumar made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in the 2025 season after playing only four T20 matches on the domestic circuit. He struck with his first ball in the tournament, dismissing KKR's captain Ajinkya Rahane, before picking up the wickets of Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell to become the first Indian to take a four-wicket haul on IPL debut.

Hitting speeds around 135kph, Ashwani bowls a sharp yorker and has a back-of-the-hand slower ball among his pace variations. He was noticed for his death bowling in the Sher E Punjab T20 competition in 2024 and was bought for INR 30 lakh at the mega auction.

Ashwani Kumar IPL factfile

- Ashwani Kumar got picked up in the 2025 auction by Mumbai Indians (MI) for his base price of INR 30 lakh, and he started with a bang.

- On debut against KKR, he removed Ajinkya Rahane with his first ball in the IPL before also sending back Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell on his way to 4 for 24.

- He proved to be expensive after that and picked seven wickets in the remaining six games he got in 2025. He was retained ahead of the 2026 auction.