Angelo Mathews

The arrival

Angelo Mathews's first IPL season was 2009, with Kolkata Knight Riders, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 1 match and 16 runs.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2010, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 233 runs at an average of 38.8, striking at 126.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 65 not out.

With the ball, the best season was 2010, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 8 wickets at 8.34 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.91, with best figures of 4 for 19.

Franchise by franchise

2009 to 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. 15 matches, 249 runs and 8 wickets.

2012 to 2013, Pune Warriors. Arrived outside the auction. 20 matches, 299 runs and 12 wickets.

2015 to 2017, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹7.50 cr. 14 matches, 176 runs and 7 wickets.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2015 to 2017. 2011, 2014 and 2016 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Angelo Mathews struck at 125.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.0, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 48% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 44 fours and 29 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 31.8% of the balls Angelo Mathews faced were dot balls, a lower share than 86% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 19.8 balls, and a four every 13.1.

With the ball, 27 wickets in 792 deliveries, at 8.17 runs an over against a league rate of 7.83 for the same seasons: 0.35 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 19.

28.3% of the balls Angelo Mathews bowled were dots, a lower share than 96% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 29.3 balls.

The fielding record: 19 catches and 3 run-outs.

At the auction

Angelo Mathews went under the hammer four times, bought three times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹7.50 cr, paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2015, more than 5 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2017, cost ₹2 cr. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Pune Warriors in 2011.

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

The legacy

Angelo Mathews made 49 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2017, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.