AA Jhunjhunwala

The arrival

AA Jhunjhunwala's first IPL season was 2010, with Rajasthan Royals, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 13 matches and 183 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2010, for Rajasthan Royals: 183 runs at an average of 20.3, striking at 110.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 53 not out.

Franchise by franchise

2010, Rajasthan Royals. 13 matches and 183 runs.

2011, Pune Warriors. Arrived outside the auction. 3 matches and 10 runs.

2012, Deccan Chargers. Arrived outside the auction. 5 matches, 24 runs and 1 wicket.

How the runs came

Across the career, AA Jhunjhunwala struck at 103.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.0, so AA Jhunjhunwala scored about 23 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 49% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 19 fours and 5 sixes.

The fielding record: 10 catches and 4 run-outs.

The legacy

AA Jhunjhunwala made 21 IPL appearances, the last for Deccan Chargers in 2012, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.