Lungi Ngidi IPL Profile

Lungisani True-man Ngidi is a South African cricketer who plays in all cricket formats for South Africa. Ngidi was born on March 29, 1996, in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is primarily a right-arm fast bowler, who is also capable of bowling at more than 140 kmph, and is capable of batting as well.

Ngidi began playing cricket at the age of 13 in the 2014 provincial age-group events, where he competed for the Kwa-Zulu Natal Under-19 squad. Following an exceptional performance in the 2015 Africa T20 Cup, he was bought by the Northerns and made his first-class debut for the team in 2016. Notably, Cricket South Africa named the young talent the ""Africa T20 Player of the Year"" in 2016. 
His international cricket career soon followed as Lungi made his debut for South Africa in the 2017 home series against Sri Lanka. The pacer made his debut series memorable as he was awarded Man of the Match for his bowling figures 2-0-12-2. His Test debut came soon after at the age of 21 as he faced India. Ngidi's talent was on the show with the red-ball too as he picked six wickets for 39 runs in the second innings and was subsequently awarded the Man of the Match. Following a phenomenal Test debut, Ngidi was included in the ODI series against India in 2018. 

His wave of success at the international stage attracted the attention of IPL too as Ngidi was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the 2018 IPL season. His IPL career hasn't been as significant as his international career as the pacer played seven games for CSK in his debut season. He was ruled out of IPL 2019 with an injury and was an utility players for the next two season, playing just seven games in total. 

He was subsequently released by CSK ahead of the mega auction and was bought by the Delhi Capitals at his base price of INR 50 lakh in the 2022 IPL Auction. The pacer didn't play a single game for DC in the first two seasons. He even missed IPL 2024 and the Delhi-based franchise replaced him with Australian all-rounder Jake Fraser-McGurk.