IPL 2025: Who is Vipraj Nigam? – All you need to know about 20-year-old DC spinner

On Monday, March 24, it was announced that Vipraj Nigam would make his Indian Premier League debut for the Delhi Capitals against the Lucknow Super Giants in Match 4 of the current IPL 2025. At the November 2024 major auction in Jeddah, the 20-year-old was bought for INR 50 lakh.

The leg-spinning all-rounder, who plays for Uttar Pradesh, participated in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2024 for the home team. The young player took eight wickets at a respectably frugal economy of 7.12 in the seven games he played that season. He led his team to victory in the preliminary quarter-finals with a blitz of 27 runs off of eight balls against Andhra.

He made headlines last year when playing for the Lucknow Falcons in the UPT20 League after taking 20 wickets in 11 innings with an economy rate of just 7.45. He is a very effective option in the middle of the innings because of his ability to bowl quickly and extract turn on wickets that are much more batting-friendly.

Nigam has demonstrated tremendous promise as one of the future big things for Uttar Pradesh and Indian cricket in general, despite the fact that he does not have many domestic appearances under his belt.

Markram is killed by Vipraj Nigam in his first IPL over.

In reference to the current match, Nigam was introduced to bowl during the fifth over. Aiden Markram mishandled a tossed-up delivery outside off-stump. Mitchell Starc was eventually picked out at the far off fence by the South African top-order batsman.

He arrived at No. 8 and stunned everyone with his incredible power-hitting exhibition. He came in when his team was in a terrible spot and desperately needed a big innings, and he delivered. He finished with a scorching 39 off 15 deliveries, which included two sixes and five fours.

Remarkably, Nigam became the second bowler in the 2025 IPL to take his first IPL wicket in the opening over of the current campaign. Ruturaj Gaikwad was removed by Vignesh Puthur on the fifth delivery of his opening over on Sunday. The left-arm wrist-spinner captured hearts with his outstanding performance with the ball against Chennai Super Kings, despite taking three wickets in a losing cause.