IPL playerIndia2011 to 2013
Anand Rajan
Right-hand bat
Anand Rajan, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Anand Rajan's first IPL season was 2011, with Deccan Chargers, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 2 matches and 3 wickets.
The peak
The best season was 2011, for Deccan Chargers: 3 wickets at 10.00 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 27.
Franchise by franchise
2011 to 2012, Deccan Chargers. 6 matches and 6 wickets.
2013, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arrived outside the auction. 2 matches and 2 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Deccan Chargers, 2011 to 2012.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 8 wickets in 150 deliveries, at 8.04 runs an over against a league rate of 7.57 for the same seasons: 0.47 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 3 catches and 2 run-outs.
The legacy
Anand Rajan made 8 IPL appearances, the last for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Deccan Chargers | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 10.00 | 3/27 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | Deccan Chargers | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 9.08 | 1/11 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 5.25 | 1/20 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2011 to 2012
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls bowled | 38.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 18.6 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet