IPL playerEngland2012 to 2015
Azhar Mahmood
Right-hand bat
Azhar Mahmood, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Azhar Mahmood arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹1 cr (US$200k), against a base price of ₹50 lakh.
That first season brought 11 matches, 186 runs and 14 wickets at 7.65 an over.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013, for Kings XI Punjab: 196 runs at an average of 19.6, striking at 127.3 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 80.
With the ball, the best season was 2013, for Kings XI Punjab: 15 wickets at 7.50 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 21.
Franchise by franchise
2012 to 2013, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2012 auction for ₹1 cr. 22 matches, 382 runs and 29 wickets.
2015, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match and 6 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2012 to 2013. 2014 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Azhar Mahmood struck at 128.1. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 122.8, so Azhar Mahmood scored about 5 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 60% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 39 fours and 13 sixes.
With the ball, 29 wickets in 542 deliveries, at 7.75 runs an over against a league rate of 7.60 for the same seasons: 0.15 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
37.1% of the balls Azhar Mahmood bowled were dots, a higher share than 65% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 18.5 balls.
The fielding record: 7 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Azhar Mahmood went under the hammer once. The price was ₹1 cr (US$200k), paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2012.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Azhar Mahmood made 23 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2015, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 186 | 36 | 23.3 | 131.0 | 0/0 | 14 | 7.65 | 3/20 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Kings XI Punjab | 11 | 196 | 80 | 19.6 | 127.3 | 2/0 | 15 | 7.50 | 3/21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 85.7 | 0/0 | 0 | 12.30 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2012 to 2013
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2015
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 38.3% |
| Balls per four | 7.8 |
| Balls per six | 23.3 |
| Dot balls bowled | 37.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 18.5 |
| Catches | 7 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹1 cr (US$200k) |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet