Akash Madhwal: Age, Career Stats, IPL 5/5 Record and Salary

Who is Akash Madhwal?

Akash Madhwal is an uncapped Indian fast bowler who represents Uttarakhand in domestic cricket and joined Chennai Super Kings during IPL 2026. He previously played IPL matches for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. His permanent record belongs to one player identity even when team membership changes.

Madhwal is a right-arm fast-medium bowler whose skiddy release, stump attack and yorkers suit powerplay and death-over work. His selection value comes from bowling rather than lower-order batting. A new franchise contract changes his squad connection, but only a scorecard can add a match, wicket or playing debut.

Akash Madhwal age, birthplace and bowling style

Madhwal was born on 25 November 1993 in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, and was 32 years old on 23 August 2026. The official IPL auction list and Mumbai Indians profile agree on his date of birth. Mumbai's longer account places his roots more specifically in the Dhandera area of the city.

The IPL auction list classifies him as right-arm fast-medium; some team material shortens that to medium-fast or fast. These are compatible descriptions of the same right-arm pace role. Madhwal has explained that tennis-ball cricket developed the repeated yorkers he later used with a leather ball.

Civil engineering and a late professional start

Madhwal completed a civil-engineering degree before cricket became a full-time profession. Mumbai Indians and Indian Express describe an early path built around education, a conventional job and local tennis-ball matches rather than an academy-to-age-group pipeline. He was still playing only tennis-ball cricket into his mid-twenties.

Public reporting connects the degree with the College of Engineering Roorkee, not IIT Roorkee; the institutions should not be confused. His professional shift began when Uttarakhand's cricket association received BCCI affiliation and open trials created a route into the state structure.

Family background and Roorkee roots

Indian Express reports that Madhwal's father served in the Indian Army and died in 2013. The family had settled around Roorkee, and his elder brother Ashish also played local cricket. These details are relevant to the documented pathway, but they do not justify a wider catalogue of relatives or private circumstances that cricket sources have not confirmed.

Madhwal trained under Avtar Singh, a coach also associated with Rishabh Pant before Pant moved to Delhi. Sharing a locality and coach does not make Madhwal Pant's brother or establish a family relationship. The connection belongs to cricket development only. Careful wording is necessary because search snippets often compress neighbour, teammate, coach and relative into misleading labels.

Uttarakhand trials and leather-ball conversion

When Madhwal attended Uttarakhand trials in 2019, his pace attracted Wasim Jaffer and coach Manish Jha. Mumbai's account says the transition required conditioning and accuracy work because the physical demands of a full leather-ball season were new. Tennis-ball experience supplied pace and yorkers, but professional cricket required repeatable lengths, workload management and spells across three formats.

He made his senior T20 debut against Karnataka in November 2019 and his first-class debut in the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy. A List A debut followed in February 2021. Mumbai's 2022 replacement announcement confirms that he had represented Uttarakhand in all three formats. Those milestones establish a gradual state pathway rather than a direct jump from local tournaments into the IPL.

Uttarakhand captaincy and domestic responsibility

Uttarakhand later appointed Madhwal captain for its senior T20 campaign. Mumbai Indians' feature records four wins from six matches in that spell and describes him leading a young pace attack. Captaincy is part of his domestic record, but it should not be extended into a claim that he currently leads the state in every format or season.

A useful domestic example came in the 2022 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, when Mumbai's tracker recorded 4 for 25 against Assam. He also defended two runs from four balls in the final over of the 2023 DY Patil Trophy final for Reliance 1. These performances showed why franchise scouts viewed him as a bowler for high-pressure, end-of-innings situations.

From net bowler to Mumbai Indians squad

Madhwal attended Royal Challengers Bengaluru trials and worked as a net bowler before moving into Mumbai Indians' system. Mumbai signed him in May 2022 as the replacement for injured Suryakumar Yadav. The official IPL advisory described a 28-year-old Uttarakhand medium-pacer with 15 wickets from 15 T20 matches at that point.

He did not play an IPL match in 2022. Squad signing and playing debut must remain separate events. The replacement opportunity kept him inside the franchise environment, but his first on-field IPL appearance arrived against Punjab Kings on 3 May 2023. That distinction prevents a common automated timeline error in which a registration date is presented as a match debut.

Fourteen wickets in IPL 2023

Madhwal took 14 wickets from eight matches in his debut playing season. He returned 3 for 36 against Gujarat Titans and 4 for 37 against Sunrisers Hyderabad before the playoffs, showing that the Eliminator did not emerge from a single isolated opportunity. Mumbai used him in difficult overs while injuries reduced the availability of established fast bowlers.

The 2023 return remains his largest IPL season total. His economy across those eight games was higher than an elite specialist's ideal, but the strike rate and wicket count helped Mumbai reach Qualifier 2. A balanced account includes the volume of wickets, the late-over responsibility and the fact that Gujarat later scored heavily against him in the next playoff match.

Five for five in the IPL Eliminator

On 24 May 2023, Madhwal took 5 for 5 from 3.3 overs against Lucknow Super Giants at Chennai. Mumbai defended 182 by dismissing Lucknow for 101 and winning the Eliminator by 81 runs. The official IPL report attributes the result to his maiden five-wicket haul alongside Mumbai's batting and fielding contributions.

It was the first five-wicket haul in an IPL playoff and the best IPL return by an uncapped player. The spell also matched the fewest runs conceded in an IPL five-wicket haul. Those definitions keep the record precise: it is not a claim that 5 for 5 outranks every bowling performance under every possible measure.

Qualifier 2 and the limits of one breakthrough

Mumbai advanced to Qualifier 2, where Gujarat Titans made 233 and won by 62 runs. Madhwal dismissed Shubman Gill only after Gill had scored 129, and the official report notes three sixes taken from one of his overs. The match provides immediate context after the 5 for 5: elite short-format performance can change sharply with opponent, pitch and execution.

Madhwal still ended 2023 as one of Mumbai's most productive bowlers. The next season was harder. In IPL 2024 he took five wickets from five matches, including 3 for 20 against Rajasthan, while conceding at a higher rate overall. A complete account keeps both seasons rather than presenting the Eliminator as his current form indefinitely.

Rajasthan Royals season in 2025

Rajasthan Royals bought Madhwal for ₹1.20 crore before IPL 2025, an amount confirmed by the franchise. He played four matches and took four wickets: none against Mumbai, none against Kolkata, one against Punjab and three for 29 against Chennai. The final spell was his best of the season, but Rajasthan had already fallen out of playoff contention.

The four appearances took his IPL aggregate to 17 matches and 23 wickets. Rajasthan released him before the 2026 auction, with the official released-player document listing a ₹1.20 crore deduction. He entered the next auction at a ₹30 lakh reserve price and went unsold before CSK later needed an injury replacement.

CSK replacement contract and no 2026 appearance

Chennai Super Kings signed Madhwal on 23 April 2026 after Ayush Mhatre suffered a left hamstring injury. The official IPL announcement fixes the replacement fee at INR 30 lakh and identifies Madhwal as a right-arm fast bowler with 17 matches and 23 wickets. He joined during the season rather than through a successful auction bid.

Madhwal made no playing appearance during IPL 2026. His latest IPL match remained Rajasthan Royals against Chennai on 20 May 2025, and his career table stayed at 17 matches. A CSK squad listing and a zero-appearance match record can both be correct because registration is not participation.

Akash Madhwal IPL stats and records

Madhwal's IPL record contains 352 deliveries, 590 runs conceded and 23 wickets from 17 matches. His bowling average is 25.65, economy rate 10.06 and strike rate 15.30, with a best return of 5 for 5. His eight batting runs came from two unbeaten innings and do not define his selection role.

Season context explains the aggregate: 14 wickets in 2023, five in 2024 and four in 2025. The overall economy is expensive, while the strike rate reflects frequent wickets. Neither number should be hidden, and neither changed when he joined CSK without an appearance in 2026.

Akash Madhwal salary, net worth and personal life

Madhwal's documented current IPL value is the INR 30 lakh CSK replacement fee. The INR 1.20 crore Rajasthan amount belongs to 2025. Auction and replacement amounts do not disclose taxes, match fees, domestic income, endorsements, property or investments. Net worth is not the same as total wealth inferred from a list of team contracts, and no audited source establishes either figure.

The reviewed cricket and mainstream reporting does not reliably establish a wife, girlfriend or current partner. His father, brother, education and coach appear in a documented career account, but search interest does not justify additional private claims. The page therefore uses an initials portrait while no approved exact-player image with suitable reuse evidence is available.

Akash Madhwal domestic record through 2025/26

Madhwal's first-class record through 2025/26 contains 14 matches and 16 wickets. He bowled 1,386 deliveries, conceded 807 runs and averaged 50.43, with best innings figures of 3 for 33. The modest wicket total and high average show that his strongest senior impact has not come in long-form cricket, even though the format remains part of his Uttarakhand career.

His List A record stands at 23 matches and 25 wickets. The 996-ball workload produced an average of 34.12, an economy rate of 5.13 and best figures of 3 for 57. This is a separate one-day record: those wickets cannot be added to the first-class line or relabelled as IPL performances simply because the same state player appears in all three formats.

Recognized T20 cricket is his deepest bowling sample. Madhwal has 61 wickets from 56 matches at 27.88, with an economy rate of 9.14 and a strike rate of 18.29. The total includes his 23 IPL wickets, so the IPL row acts as a competition subset rather than an extra category to add on top. Ten further recognized T20 wickets since the earlier snapshot explain the move from 51 to 61 without changing his IPL aggregate.

The contrast across formats helps set expectations. His red-ball economy is lower but wickets arrive less often, while T20 cricket has brought more frequent breakthroughs at a higher run rate. The 5 for 5 is the peak performance inside that wider sample, not a substitute for the full career table.