IPL playerIndia2010 to 2014
Cheteshwar Pujara
On scorecards: CA Pujara · Right-hand bat
Cheteshwar Pujara, a batter, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Cheteshwar Pujara's first IPL season was 2010, with Kolkata Knight Riders, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 10 matches and 122 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2014, for Kings XI Punjab: 125 runs at an average of 25.0, striking at 100.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.1, and a highest score of 40 not out.
Franchise by franchise
2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. 10 matches and 122 runs.
2011 to 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹3.15 cr. 14 matches and 143 runs.
2014, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 6 matches and 125 runs.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2011 to 2013.
How the runs came
Across the career, Cheteshwar Pujara struck at 99.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.6, so Cheteshwar Pujara scored about 26 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 57% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 50 fours and 4 sixes.
The fielding record: 6 catches.
At the auction
Cheteshwar Pujara went under the hammer nine times, bought three times and left unsold six times. The highest price was ₹3.15 cr (US$700k), paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011, more than 7 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2021, cost ₹50 lakh. Unsold in 2015, Cheteshwar Pujara was bought again in 2021 by Chennai Super Kings. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2021.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Cheteshwar Pujara made 30 IPL appearances, the last for Kings XI Punjab in 2014.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 10 | 122 | 45* | 30.5 | 106.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 34 | 25 | 11.3 | 109.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5.7 | 77.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 4 | 92 | 51 | 23.0 | 92.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Kings XI Punjab | 6 | 125 | 40* | 25.0 | 100.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2010
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2011 to 2013
- Kings XI Punjab: 2014
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 47.8% |
| Balls per four | 7.8 |
| Balls per six | 97.8 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | – | ₹45 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹3.15 cr (US$700k) |
| 2014 | BA1 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹1.90 cr |
| 2015 | Batter | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2016 | Batter | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2017 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2019 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2020 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2021 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹50 lakh |
| 2022 | – | ₹50 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