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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2010

Anil Kumble

On scorecards: A Kumble · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
42
Matches
35
Runs
SR 74.5
45
Wickets
econ 6.54
0
Titles
3
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2010 · Sources

Anil Kumble, a bowler, played three IPL seasons, all of them with Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The arrival

Anil Kumble arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹2 cr (US$500k), against a base price of ₹1 cr, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 10 matches, 13 runs and 7 wickets at 7.93 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2009, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 21 wickets at 5.86 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28, with best figures of 5 for 5. Two seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2009 and 2010).

One franchise

Anil Kumble spent the whole IPL career with Royal Challengers Bangalore, from 2008 to 2010. Captain in two seasons (2009 and 2010).

How the wickets came

With the ball, 45 wickets in 970 deliveries, at 6.54 runs an over against a league rate of 7.71 for the same seasons: 1.17 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight. There were three four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 5.

38.8% of the balls Anil Kumble bowled were dots, a higher share than 72% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.4 balls.

The fielding record: 9 catches.

At the auction

Anil Kumble went under the hammer once. The price was ₹2 cr (US$500k), paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008.

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

The legacy

Anil Kumble made 42 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2010, and won 3 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2008Royal Challengers Bangalore101386.576.50/077.933/1431
2009Royal Challengers Bangalore16167*16.084.20/0215.865/531Captain
2010Royal Challengers Bangalore1662*–54.50/0176.344/1631Captain

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 faced46.8%
Balls per four15.7
Balls per six47
Dot balls bowled38.8%
Balls per wicket21.4
Catches9
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

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
2008Set B₹1 crSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2 cr (US$500k)

Sources