IPL playerIndia2011 to 2013
BA Bhatt
Right-hand bat
BA Bhatt, a bowler, played three IPL seasons, all of them with Kings XI Punjab.
The arrival
BA Bhatt's first IPL season was 2011, with Kings XI Punjab, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 10 matches and 9 wickets at 8.23 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2011, for Kings XI Punjab: 9 wickets at 8.23 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 4 for 22.
One franchise
BA Bhatt spent the whole IPL career with Kings XI Punjab, from 2011 to 2013.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 12 wickets in 297 deliveries, at 8.02 runs an over against a league rate of 7.55 for the same seasons: 0.47 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 22.
The legacy
BA Bhatt made 17 IPL appearances, the last for Kings XI Punjab in 2013, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kings XI Punjab | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 9 | 8.23 | 4/22 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Kings XI Punjab | 5 | 6 | 6* | – | 300.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 8.16 | 2/24 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 6.40 | 1/11 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2011 to 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 85.7% |
| Balls per four | 7 |
| Balls per six | 7 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31.4% |
| Balls per wicket | 24.7 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet