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IPL playerSri Lanka2022 to 2023

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

On scorecards: PBB Rajapaksa · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
13
Matches
277
Runs
SR 145.0
0
Wickets
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2022 to 2023 · Sources

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, a batter, played two IPL seasons, both with Punjab Kings.

The arrival

Bhanuka Rajapaksa arrived through the auction: Punjab Kings paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 9 matches and 206 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2022, for Punjab Kings: 206 runs at an average of 22.9, striking at 159.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 134.2, and a highest score of 43.

One franchise

Bhanuka Rajapaksa spent the whole IPL career with Punjab Kings, from 2022 to 2023.

How the runs came

Across the career, Bhanuka Rajapaksa struck at 145.0. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 136.7, so Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored about 8 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 64% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 22 fours and 15 sixes.

The fielding record: 4 catches.

At the auction

Bhanuka Rajapaksa went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Punjab Kings in 2022.

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

The legacy

Bhanuka Rajapaksa made 13 IPL appearances, the last for Punjab Kings in 2023.

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
2022Punjab Kings92064322.9159.70/0–––4
2023Punjab Kings4715017.8114.51/0–––0

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 faced36.7%
Balls per four8.7
Balls per six12.7
Catches4
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
2022–₹50 lakhSold to Punjab Kings for ₹50 lakh
2025BA4₹75 lakhUnsold

Sources