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IPL playerSouth Africa2013 to 2021

Chris Morris

On scorecards: CH Morris · Right-hand bat

8
Seasons
81
Matches
618
Runs
SR 155.3
96
Wickets
econ 8.00
0
Titles
3
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2013 to 2021 · Sources

Chris Morris, an all-rounder, played eight IPL seasons for four franchises. In eight seasons the title never came.

The arrival

Chris Morris arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹3.38 cr (US$625k), against a base price of ₹11 lakh.

That first season brought 16 matches, 14 runs and 15 wickets at 7.99 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2021, for Rajasthan Royals: 15 wickets at 9.17 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.87, with best figures of 4 for 23. Two seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2013 and 2021).

Franchise by franchise

2013, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2013 auction for ₹3.38 cr. 16 matches and 15 wickets.

2015, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹1.40 cr. 11 matches and 14 wickets.

2016 to 2019, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹7 cr. 34 matches, 427 runs and 41 wickets.

2020, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹10 cr. 9 matches and 11 wickets.

2021, Rajasthan Royals, second time round. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹16.25 cr. 11 matches and 15 wickets.

5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2016 to 2019. 2014 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 96 wickets in 1,731 deliveries, at 8.00 runs an over against a league rate of 8.04 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There were four four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 4 for 23.

38.7% of the balls Chris Morris bowled were dots, a higher share than 72% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 18 balls.

The fielding record: 36 catches and 4 run-outs.

At the auction

Chris Morris went under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹16.25 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2021, more than 21 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹3.38 cr in 2013, ₹16.25 cr by 2021.

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

The legacy

Chris Morris made 81 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2021, and won 3 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2013Chennai Super Kings16147*7.087.50/0157.993/405
2015Rajasthan Royals117634*38.0165.20/0147.534/233
2016Delhi Daredevils1219582*65.0178.91/0136.972/3082
2017Delhi Daredevils915452*30.8163.81/0127.744/264
2018Delhi Daredevils44627*46.0176.90/0310.212/412
2019Delhi Capitals932175.386.50/0139.183/223
2020Royal Challengers Bangalore93425*8.5161.90/0116.634/267
2021Rajasthan Royals116736*13.4136.70/0159.174/2341

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 faced29.9%
Balls per four9.7
Balls per six11.4
Dot balls bowled38.7%
Balls per wicket18
Catches36
Run-outs4
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
2013–₹11 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹3.38 cr (US$625k)
2015–₹50 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.40 cr
2016–₹50 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹7 cr
2020AL1₹1.50 crSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹10 cr
2021AL1₹75 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹16.25 cr

Sources