Colin de Grandhomme

The arrival

Colin de Grandhomme's first IPL season was 2017, with Kolkata Knight Riders, a signing made outside the auction. That debut came after going unsold once (2011).

That first season brought 12 matches, 126 runs and 4 wickets at 8.27 an over.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2018, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 131 runs at an average of 26.2, striking at 155.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 138.1, and a highest score of 40.

Franchise by franchise

2017, Kolkata Knight Riders. 12 matches, 126 runs and 4 wickets.

2018 to 2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2.20 cr. 13 matches, 177 runs and 2 wickets.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2018 to 2019.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Colin de Grandhomme struck at 134.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 135.3, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 18 fours and 18 sixes.

With the ball, 6 wickets in 218 deliveries, at 8.78 runs an over against a league rate of 8.35 for the same seasons: 0.43 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 6 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Colin de Grandhomme went under the hammer four times, bought once and left unsold three times. The price was ₹2.20 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018. Unsold in 2011, Colin de Grandhomme was bought in 2018 by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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

The legacy

Colin de Grandhomme made 25 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2019.