IPL playerIndia2017 to 2022
Basil Thampi
Right-hand bat
Basil Thampi, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Basil Thampi arrived through the auction: Gujarat Lions paid ₹85 lakh, against a base price of ₹10 lakh.
That first season brought 12 matches, 28 runs and 11 wickets at 9.49 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2017, for Gujarat Lions: 11 wickets at 9.49 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.23, with best figures of 3 for 29.
Franchise by franchise
2017, Gujarat Lions. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹85 lakh. 12 matches and 11 wickets.
2018 to 2020, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹95 lakh. 8 matches and 6 wickets.
2022, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹30 lakh. 5 matches and 5 wickets.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2018 to 2020. 2021 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 22 wickets in 522 deliveries, at 9.72 runs an over against a league rate of 8.29 for the same seasons: 1.44 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
29.2% of the balls Basil Thampi bowled were dots, a lower share than 95% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 23.7 balls.
The fielding record: 4 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Basil Thampi went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹95 lakh, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018, more than 3 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹30 lakh.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Basil Thampi made 25 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2022.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Gujarat Lions | 12 | 28 | 13* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 11 | 9.49 | 3/29 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 5 | 11.21 | 2/4 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.04 | - | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 11.50 | 1/46 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 5 | 9.50 | 3/35 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Gujarat Lions: 2017
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2018 to 2020
- Mumbai Indians: 2022
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 40% |
| Balls per four | 35 |
| Balls per six | 35 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 23.7 |
| Catches | 4 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Lions for ₹85 lakh |
| 2018 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹95 lakh |
| 2022 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh |
| 2023 | UFA2 | ₹20 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | UFA2 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | UFA3 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet