Auqib Nabi Age, Stats, Records and IPL Price

Who is Auqib Nabi?

Auqib Nabi is a Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler whose full name is Auqib Nabi Dar. Delhi and IPL usually display the shorter Auqib Nabi, while the official IPL auction list uses first name Auqib and surname Dar. BCCI scorecards also use Auqib Nabi. The names describe one cricketer, not separate players, and the 4 November 1996 birth date, JKCA association and right-arm pace role align across the records.

A domestic scorecard or IPL squad page should link to this identity instead of generating an Auqib Dar duplicate. This is particularly important because Nabi and Dar are both common South Asian name elements, making a casual name-only merge unsafe without date, association and role checks.

Auqib Nabi age, birthplace and bowling style

Auqib was born on 4 November 1996 and was 29 on 11 August 2026. IPL's official profile says he comes from Sheeri in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir. Delhi calls him the Baramulla Express, a franchise nickname rather than a separate identity. The reviewed primary sources agree on his date of birth and association, so there is no unresolved identity conflict in the displayed fields.

He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast. Delhi describes movement in both directions and lower-order hitting, while the official IPL squad classifies him as a bowler and the auction document lists him as an all-rounder. This profile uses bowler as the main role because pace bowling is his established senior record, then describes the documented batting contributions without inflating him into a top-order all-rounder.

From Baramulla cricket to the Jammu and Kashmir side

Nabi's senior pathway came through Jammu and Kashmir rather than a major metropolitan association. Wikipedia's dated career record places his first-class debut in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy and his List A debut in the following domestic cycle. Early appearances established a new-ball role built on line, seam and swing rather than raw pace claims that cannot be measured from scorecards.

BCCI's 2019-20 Ranji quarter-final report provides an early primary-source marker: Nabi dismissed Karnataka opener Ravikumar Samarth during a rain-affected first day in Jammu. That single wicket was not yet a national breakthrough, but it shows he was already opening the attack in knockout red-ball cricket years before his two exceptional wicket-taking seasons.

Six wickets in the 2025 Ranji quarter-final

The 2024-25 Ranji Trophy changed the scale of Nabi's record. He finished with 44 wickets, the second-highest return in the competition according to the later season comparisons. In the quarter-final against Kerala, BCCI published his 6/53 spell, an official performance record from a match in which Jammu and Kashmir advanced on first-innings lead.

A six-wicket innings is part of the first-class total and must not be added again as a separate career category. It instead shows why the season mattered: Nabi could sustain new-ball pressure and finish innings in a knockout setting. His 44 wickets also formed the first half of a 104-wicket two-season Ranji run, which became clearer after the 2025-26 final.

Four wickets in four balls for North Zone

North Zone selected Nabi for the 2025-26 Duleep Trophy after his strong state season. In the match against East Zone, he took four wickets in four consecutive deliveries, beginning with Virat Singh. The achievement sits in first-class cricket and therefore contributes to the broader first-class row rather than creating a separate bowling total.

The sequence demonstrated a different form of impact from a long Ranji spell: a match can turn within one over when late movement repeatedly finds an edge or the stumps. It also gave Nabi a representative-zone platform against players drawn from several state sides. Selection for North Zone is not an India cap, and this page does not describe him as an international player.

Seven wickets and a first-class fifty against Rajasthan

During the 2025-26 Ranji campaign, Nabi produced career-best innings figures of 7/24 against Rajasthan and also made 55, his highest first-class score in the table dated 4 August 2026. The combination matters because it shows his lower-order batting can extend an innings, even though bowling remains his principal role.

A score of 55 does not turn his entire red-ball career into an all-round batting record. Wikipedia's dated first-class table lists 999 runs at 18.84 alongside 162 wickets at 18.63. Those figures show a bowler with useful lower-order output. They are a secondary snapshot and should be refreshed when a newer structured official career table becomes available.

Unbeaten 114 and the Hyderabad partnership

Nabi's strongest senior batting performance came in the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy against Hyderabad. Delhi's official biography records 114 not out from 82 balls after he entered at number eight with Jammu and Kashmir 90/7. He shared an unbroken 182-run partnership that changed the match and produced a win from a position that had appeared lost.

The innings is included in his List A record, where Wikipedia's 4 August 2026 table lists 36 matches, 572 runs, a 27.23 average and 114 not out as the high score. It is his only listed List A century at that date. The same table records 56 wickets, keeping the batting achievement within a career still led by pace bowling.

Sixty wickets in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy

Nabi took 60 wickets from ten matches in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy, finishing as the competition's leading wicket-taker. Delhi's profile and BCCI's Player of the Tournament material confirm the total and award. He took seven five-wicket innings hauls during the campaign and reached the final with 55 wickets before adding five more against Karnataka.

The achievement followed 44 wickets in 2024-25, producing 104 across successive Ranji seasons. Season totals should not be added to the current 162 first-class wickets because they are already included. Their value is chronological: they show sustained domestic red-ball performance, not a one-match spike, and explain why his IPL auction value rose sharply before 2026.

Knockout spells against Madhya Pradesh and Bengal

Delhi's official biography records match figures of 12/110 against Madhya Pradesh in the 2025-26 quarter-final. In the semi-final against Bengal, the BCCI scorecard names Nabi Player of the Match after Jammu and Kashmir won by six wickets to reach its first Ranji final. His match contribution included nine wickets and 42 runs.

Knockout records deserve precise labels. Twelve wickets refer to both innings of one match, while the semi-final figure combines separate innings returns. Neither should be described as a single-innings best. The first-class table correctly keeps 7/24 as Nabi's best innings analysis and four ten-wicket match hauls as a separate cumulative field.

Five for 54 and Jammu and Kashmir's maiden Ranji title

In the final against Karnataka, Nabi took 5/54. BCCI published the spell and later named him Player of the Tournament. Jammu and Kashmir secured its maiden Ranji Trophy title on first-innings lead after the match ended without an outright fourth-innings result. That distinction matters: the title was won under the competition's final rules, not by inventing a margin absent from the scorecard.

The final five-for lifted Nabi to 60 wickets for the season. It also completed three consecutive knockout matches in which his bowling materially shaped qualification or the title. The achievement belongs to both player and team: Nabi led the tournament wicket table, while the championship required batting totals, catches and wickets from the entire Jammu and Kashmir side.

Delhi Capitals ₹8.4 crore auction price

Auqib entered the IPL 2026 auction with a ₹30 lakh reserve price. Delhi Capitals won the bidding at ₹8.4 crore, as recorded by the official IPL auction list, auction overview and player profile. The jump reflected demand following his domestic seasons, but it was still a contract price rather than a guarantee of selection, wickets or future India recognition.

The ₹8.4 crore figure is not an audited net-worth estimate. It applies to the IPL contract represented by the auction and does not disclose taxes, agent arrangements, performance bonuses or other earnings. Delhi registered him in a pace group that included established international bowlers, so his first season also involved adapting from long red-ball spells to shorter, higher-scoring T20 phases.

Auqib Nabi IPL 2026 stats

Nabi made his IPL debut in 2026 and appeared in five matches for Delhi. The official table records 78 balls, 149 runs conceded and no wicket, with best figures of 0/17 and an economy rate of 11.46. A zero-wicket first season must remain visible rather than being disguised by his domestic reputation or by counting non-IPL wickets in the league row.

He still contributed 14 runs from limited batting opportunities. His high score was 10 not out against Punjab Kings, where Delhi's report says he finished the chase with a six. The same report credits his middle-over bowling with helping control the innings even though it did not produce a dismissal. Economy, pressure and wickets are related but distinct measures.

How to read Auqib Nabi's records

Nabi's first-class, List A and T20 rows are mutually separate formats, while IPL is a competition inside the broader T20 record. Adding five IPL matches to 39 T20 matches would count those appearances twice. The IPL card is retained because users search for his Delhi season; the broader T20 card supplies career context but is not presented as an extra total.

The first-class table dated 4 August 2026 lists 43 matches, 162 wickets, sixteen five-wicket innings and four ten-wicket matches. Ranji and Duleep performances both contribute to that row. The List A card lists 36 matches and 56 wickets, while T20 lists 39 matches and 43 wickets. Wikipedia is secondary, so a later BCCI career table should replace matching rows without overwriting the official IPL 2026 snapshot.

Nabi's 60-wicket season and five-match IPL debut answer different questions. Red-ball cricket rewards sustained accuracy across long spells and two innings; IPL overs are limited and commonly bowled against boundary intent. One poor economy or wicketless short sample does not erase the domestic record, just as Ranji wickets cannot be transferred into an IPL analysis.

Auqib Nabi net worth, family and reliable evidence

No audited source reviewed for this page publishes Auqib Nabi's net worth, assets or complete annual income. The financial fact is Delhi's ₹8.4 crore winning auction bid from a ₹30 lakh reserve price. It should not be added to domestic match fees or guessed endorsements to manufacture a wealth figure.

The official cricket sources retrieved do not provide reliable, relevant details about a wife, girlfriend or wider private family life, so those claims are omitted. Identity was checked through IPL, Delhi, BCCI scorecards, the official auction list and Wikipedia. No portrait is displayed because exact identity, provenance and reuse permission were not all established.