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IPL playerSri Lanka2008 to 2010

Chaminda Vaas

On scorecards: WPUJC Vaas · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
13
Matches
81
Runs
SR 111.0
18
Wickets
econ 7.50
1
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2010 · Sources

Chaminda Vaas, a bowler, played three IPL seasons, all of them with Deccan Chargers. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Chaminda Vaas arrived through the auction: Deccan Chargers paid ₹80 lakh (US$200k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 5 matches, 21 runs and 5 wickets at 8.53 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2010, for Deccan Chargers: 9 wickets at 6.32 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.91, with best figures of 3 for 21.

One franchise

Chaminda Vaas spent the whole IPL career with Deccan Chargers, from 2008 to 2010. The club won the title with Chaminda Vaas in the side: 2009.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 18 wickets in 284 deliveries, at 7.50 runs an over against a league rate of 7.85 for the same seasons: 0.35 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 1 run-out.

At the auction

Chaminda Vaas went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹80 lakh (US$200k), paid by Deccan Chargers in 2008.

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

The legacy

Chaminda Vaas made 13 IPL appearances, the last for Deccan Chargers in 2010, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.

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
2008Deccan Chargers52112*7.0116.70/058.532/90
2009Deccan Chargers2302030.0142.90/048.522/190Champions
2010Deccan Chargers630167.588.20/096.323/2101

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 faced32.9%
Balls per four36.5
Balls per six24.3
Dot balls bowled45.4%
Balls per wicket15.7
Catches0
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
2008Set H₹80 lakhSold to Deccan Chargers for ₹80 lakh (US$200k)
2011Fast Bowler₹1.35 crUnsold

Sources