IPL playerWest Indies2016 to 2019
Carlos Brathwaite
On scorecards: CR Brathwaite · Right-hand bat
Carlos Brathwaite, a bowler, played four IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Carlos Brathwaite arrived through the auction: Delhi Daredevils paid ₹4.20 cr, against a base price of ₹30 lakh.
That first season brought 8 matches, 83 runs and 7 wickets at 7.99 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2016, for Delhi Daredevils: 7 wickets at 7.99 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.15, with best figures of 3 for 47.
Franchise by franchise
2016 to 2017, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹4.20 cr. 10 matches and 8 wickets.
2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2 cr. 4 matches and 5 wickets.
2019, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹5 cr. 2 matches.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2016 to 2017.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 13 wickets in 257 deliveries, at 8.85 runs an over against a league rate of 8.25 for the same seasons: 0.60 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 6 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Carlos Brathwaite went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹5 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019, more than 6 times the base price.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Carlos Brathwaite made 16 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 83 | 34 | 13.8 | 218.4 | 0/0 | 7 | 7.99 | 3/47 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Delhi Daredevils | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6.0 | 80.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 11.17 | 1/38 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 75 | 43* | 25.0 | 156.2 | 0/0 | 5 | 9.25 | 2/15 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5.5 | 110.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.67 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Daredevils: 2016 to 2017
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2018
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2019
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 39.6% |
| Balls per four | 11.1 |
| Balls per six | 6.9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 19.5 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹4.20 cr |
| 2018 | AL1 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2 cr |
| 2019 | – | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹5 cr |
| 2020 | All-rounder | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | AL5 | ₹75 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