IPL playerSri Lanka2008 to 2010
Chaminda Vaas
On scorecards: WPUJC Vaas · Right-hand bat
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
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | 5 | 21 | 12* | 7.0 | 116.7 | 0/0 | 5 | 8.53 | 2/9 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 2 | 30 | 20 | 30.0 | 142.9 | 0/0 | 4 | 8.52 | 2/19 | 0 | Champions | |
| 2010 | Deccan Chargers | 6 | 30 | 16 | 7.5 | 88.2 | 0/0 | 9 | 6.32 | 3/21 | 0 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2008 to 2010
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 32.9% |
| Balls per four | 36.5 |
| Balls per six | 24.3 |
| Dot balls bowled | 45.4% |
| Balls per wicket | 15.7 |
| Catches | 0 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet