Cricket News Desk. In the auction of IPL players running in Dubai, two young cricketers of the city, Vipraj Nigam and Zeeshan Ansari, were successful in grabbing franchisees. Vipraj Nigam with a base price of 30 lakhs of Delhi Capitals in 50 lakhs and Zeeshan Ansari with the same base price became Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 40 lakh. Both players are leg -spinners. He has been in the headlines with his bright performance.
Vipraj Nigam, who played in the under-23 team of the state last year, first took 20 wickets for Lucknow Falkans in the UP T20 League and took 20 wickets in his bag. Based on this performance, Vipraj first proved his meaning in the UP Ranji team and then T20.
His full name is Vipraj Nigam, he was born on 28 July 2004, he is still about 20 years old. His batting style is of the right -handed batsman and his bowling style is of leg -spinner.
Vipraj Nigam Batting Career Statistics
| Format | Match | Turn | Nott | Run | Best | average | ball | Strike | century | Fifty | Fours | Six |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 3 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 26 | 10.75 | 88 | 48.86 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| T20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25.00 | 19 | 131.57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Vipraj Nigam bowling career statistics
| Format | Match | Turn | ball | Run | Wicket | Best | average | Ecomomy | Strike | 4 wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 3 | 6 | 629 | 404 | 13 | 4/81 | 31.07 | 3.85 | 48.3 | 1 |
| T20 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 61 | 3 | 2/27 | 20.33 | 7.62 | 16.0 | 0 |
Vipraj Nigam's recent match
UP vs Haryana 25 2/27 29-November-2024 Mumbai T20
UP vs Manipur-1/34 27-November-2024 Mumbai T20
UP vs Karnataka 6 and 26 2/32 and 2/65 13-November-2024 Lucknow FC
UP vs Haryana 6 3/129 and 0/21 18-October-2024 Lucknow FC
UP vs Bengal 1 and 4* 4/81 and 2/76 11-October-2024 Lucknow FC
Vipraj Nigam's debut/last match
FC match
Debut Bengal vs UP, Lucknow – 11 – 14 October, 2024
Last UP vs Karnataka, Lucknow – 13 November – 16 November, 2024
T20 match
Development Manipur vs UP, Mumbai – November 27, 2024
Last Haryana vs UP, Mumbai – November 29, 2024
Vipraj Nigam shocks 4 wickets
Despite being in a good position at the score of 212/1 at one time, the Bengal team soon stumbled, as leg -spinner Wipraj Nigam took 4 wickets for 59 runs in 16 overs, leading to the score of 269/7 till the stumps.
Vipraj Nigam's demonstration in Ranji for Uttar Pradesh
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh carried the innings forward by 325 runs for five wickets. Aditya Sharma (41), in collaboration with Saurabh Kumar (54), shared a valuable 77 runs for the seventh wicket to take the team to 400 runs. Apart from these two, Vipraj Nigam rapidly contributed 26 and Shivam Mavi contributed 15 runs. In such a situation, Karnataka needed 261 runs to win this match. However, this goal was not easy, given the position and overs of the pitch.
Karnataka started well in the second innings in response to 261 runs in Uttar Pradesh, but the team stumbled as soon as Nikin Jose (48) and captain Mayank Agarwal (27) were dismissed. R. Samman (15) and first innings century Krishnan Shreejit (07) were bowled by Vipraj Nigam and thrilling the match. At the same time, Shreyas Gopal (01) also returned to the pavilion soon. Karnataka lost no wickets after this and Manish Pandey (36) and Abhinav Manohar (31) returned unbeaten. Krishnan Shreejit became the man of the match. Vipraj Nigam took two and Aqib Khan took one wicket.
Vipraj Nigam, who played in the under-23 team of the state last year, first took 20 wickets for Lucknow Falkans in the UP T20 League and took 20 wickets. Based on this performance, Vipraj first proved his meaning by making a place in the UP Ranji team and then T20.
Vipraj Nigam hit the wound of wickets in UP T20 League
The match was played on Thursday between Lucknow Falkans vs Gorakhpur Lions. In this match, Lucknow finally got the first win in the UP T20 League. On behalf of the team, Viraj Nigam bowled brilliantly and contributed to the team's victory. He bowled 19 balls and showed five players of the team of Gorakhpur Lions.
Due to his performance, Lucknow defeated Gorakhpur by a margin of 33 runs at Atal Bihari Bajpai Ekana Stadium. Batting first, the team scored 172 runs losing five wickets. In response, Gorakhpur's innings ended on 139 runs.
Batting first, Lucknow did not start well. The first wicket fell on the score of just two runs. When Samarth Singh became a victim of Rajputs inscribed on a score of zero. After this, Abhay Pratap took the team 27 in 24 balls, Priyam Garg's score of 23 from 21 balls, but Kartikeya Kumar Singh scored 69 runs with the help of seven sixes and three fours on just 31 balls and scored 172 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs.
In response, the team of Gorakhpur Lions came out to bat in the first three wickets on the score of just 17 runs. But Sameer Chaudhary contributed 60 and Siddharth Yadav contributed 39 runs to take the team's score to 117 runs for three wickets. After this, in the next 22 runs, the entire team collapsed by scoring only 139 runs.
Vipraj Nigam brought five players back to the pavilion for 19 runs in 3.1 overs. A Singh dismissed three players. Karthikeya Kumar Singh of Lucknow was given the man of the match.
Vipraj Nigam IPL 2025 Team, price, Salary, Career statistics and last 10 Record with IPL innings
Vipraj Nigam is an uncapulated Indian all -rounder and right -handed batsman who plays for the Uttar Pradesh team in state level cricket and will make his IPL debut.
In the IPL 2025 mega auction, some young Indian players performed well in the auction. Viprag Nigam was one of them who received their first IPL contract and attracted some IPL franchisees. Vipraj is a batting all -rounder who is quite useful in both sports departments.
He recently made his first class debut for UP and is playing for him in the current Ranji Trophy 2024-25. This article will cover Vipraj Nigam score, IPL statistics and IPL 2025 auction price and team for the overall IPL season.
Vipraj Nigam IPL team, Price and salary 2025
Vipraj Nigam has the ability to become a match winner all -rounder who can contribute to both the sports departments. He bowls leg spin and is a very good striker with the bat. He will also be expecting an impact in the Indian Premier League. Although he has not played a single match so far, he has played FC for UP, so exposure will definitely help him. His IPL salary is Rs 50 lakh, and he was selected by Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
