He is known for his connection with Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant as his close neighbour as both live in the same area in Uttarakhand.
Jaffer decided to pick him Uttarakhand state team and Madhwal's talent was polished further especially under the helm of Manish Jha.
[13] He was recruited by Royal Challengers Bangalore as net bowler for the 2021 Indian Premier League.
He became the first Uttarakhand based home grown cricketer to play in Indian Premier League.
[26] During the eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants on 24 May 2023, Madhwal delivered his career best bowling figures in IPL by returning with figures of 5/5 in 3.3 overs to restrict Lucknow Super Giants to 101 all out in a high scoring stiff challenging run chase of 183.
[27][28] His figures of 5/5 is also the best bowling figures registered by the bowler in a playoff match in IPL history surpassing the 13-year-old record held by Doug Bollinger as the latter claimed 4/13 during 2010 Indian Premier League season for Chennai Super Kings in their playoff match against Deccan Chargers.
[30] During the match against Lucknow Super Giants at Chennai, he delivered plenty of dot ball out of the 21 deliveries he bowled to complete his four over quota and his bowling performance literally helped Mumbai Indians to reach Qualifier 2 and to keep the Mumbai Indians hunt in the race for the possibility of reaching IPL final.
[31] At the 2025 Indian Premier League mega auction, Madhwal was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.2 crore.