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Ben Hilfenhaus

On scorecards: BW Hilfenhaus · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
17
Matches
0
Runs
22
Wickets
econ 7.66
0
Titles
2
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2012 to 2014 · Sources

Ben Hilfenhaus, a bowler, played two IPL seasons, both with Chennai Super Kings.

The arrival

Ben Hilfenhaus's first IPL season was 2012, with Chennai Super Kings, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 9 matches and 14 wickets at 6.79 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2012, for Chennai Super Kings: 14 wickets at 6.79 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 3 for 27.

One franchise

Ben Hilfenhaus spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2012 to 2014, although 2013 passed without an appearance. Chennai Super Kings bought Ben Hilfenhaus at the auction in 2011 and 2014.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 22 wickets in 375 deliveries, at 7.66 runs an over against a league rate of 7.79 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.

The fielding record: 1 catch and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Ben Hilfenhaus went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹1 cr, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2014. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹45 lakh in 2011, ₹1 cr by 2014. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2011.

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

The legacy

Ben Hilfenhaus made 17 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2014, and won 2 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
2012Chennai Super Kings90–––0/0146.793/2702
2014Chennai Super Kings80–––0/088.732/321

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 bowled46.5%
Balls per wicket16.9
Catches1
Run-outs1
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
2011–₹45 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹45 lakh (US$100k)
2014FA3₹1 crSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹1 cr

Sources