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IPL playerSri Lanka2018

Akila Dananjaya

On scorecards: A Dananjaya · Right-hand bat

1
Seasons
1
Matches
4
Runs
SR 80.0
0
Wickets
econ 11.75
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2018 to 2018 · Sources

Akila Dananjaya spent a single IPL season with Mumbai Indians, 2018: 1 match, 4 runs.

The arrival

Akila Dananjaya arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 1 match and 4 runs.

At the auction

Akila Dananjaya went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2018. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹11 lakh in 2013, ₹50 lakh by 2018. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2013.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2018Mumbai Indians144*–80.00/0011.75-0

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced40%
Balls per four5
Balls per six5
Dot balls bowled25%
Balls per wicket24

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2013–₹11 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹11 lakh (US$20k)
2018SP3₹50 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹50 lakh

Sources