Rasikh Salam
Rasikh Salam in 2025
Personal information
Full name
Rasikh Salam Dar[1]
Born (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 26)
Ashmuji, Jammu and Kashmir, India[2]
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast medium
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
Years Team
2018–2025 Jammu & Kashmir
2019 Mumbai Indians
2022 Kolkata Knight Riders
2024 Delhi Capitals
2025–present Royal Challengers Bengaluru
2025–present Baroda cricket team
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 5 10 35
Runs scored 52 44 75
Batting average 17.33 44.00 8.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 40 21* 10*
Balls bowled 579 503 715
Wickets 13 13 45
Bowling average 25.23 37.46 22.35
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 3/26 4/23 6/31
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 March 2025

Rasikh Salam Dar (born 5 April 2000) is an Indian cricketer who used to play for Jammu and Kashmir now plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.[3] In December 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[4][5] He became the third cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be picked in the Indian Premier League.[2] At 17 years and 353 days, he became the youngest player to make their debut for the Mumbai Indians.[6] However, in June 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) banned him for two years following a discrepancy with his birth certificate.[7]

He made his List A debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 3 October 2018.[8] He made his first-class debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 30 December 2018.[9] He made his Twenty20 debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 22 February 2019.[10] He was released by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[11] In February 2022, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[12] He was acquired by Delhi Capitals in the 2024 Indian Premier League auction as a fast bowler. In the 2025 Indian Premier League auction, he was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, winning his maiden IPL title that same season. The following season, he took 19 wickets, as RCB won back-to-back IPL titles.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Mumbai Indians Camp: Rasikh Salam impresses with his pace, bounce on Day 1". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Rasikh Dar becomes third Kashmir cricketer to be picked at IPL auction". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Rasikh Salam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ^ "IPL 2019: Rasikh Salam surprise from Mumbai Indians - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "BCCI hands Rasikh Salam two-year ban for age fraud". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Elite, Group C, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Chennai, Oct 3 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Elite, Group C, Ranji Trophy at Guwahati, Dec 30 2018 - Jan 2 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Krishna, Feb 22 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  13. ^ "IPL 2025 auction: Complete list of sold, unsold players, teamwise remaining purse | Mint". mint. Mint. 25 November 2024. Archived from the original on 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.