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IPL playerNew Zealand2008 to 2012

Daniel Vettori

On scorecards: DL Vettori · Right-hand bat

5
Seasons
34
Matches
121
Runs
SR 107.0
28
Wickets
econ 6.79
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2012 · Sources

Daniel Vettori, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Daniel Vettori arrived through the auction: Delhi Daredevils paid ₹2.50 cr (US$625k), against a base price of ₹1 cr, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 2 matches and 2 wickets.

The peak

The best season was 2011, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 12 wickets at 6.02 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 19.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2.50 cr. 12 matches and 11 wickets.

2011 to 2012, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹2.48 cr. 22 matches and 17 wickets; captain in 2011 and 2012.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2008 to 2010.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 28 wickets in 777 deliveries, at 6.79 runs an over against a league rate of 7.57 for the same seasons: 0.79 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

34.8% of the balls Daniel Vettori bowled were dots, a lower share than 51% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 27.8 balls.

The fielding record: 11 catches and 4 run-outs.

At the auction

Daniel Vettori went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹2.50 cr (US$625k), paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2008.

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

The legacy

Daniel Vettori made 34 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2012, 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
2008Delhi Daredevils20–––0/026.751/190
2009Delhi Daredevils7342917.0106.20/077.813/1541
2010Delhi Daredevils33319*33.0122.20/028.311/300
2011Royal Challengers Bangalore132318*23.082.10/0126.023/194Captain
2012Royal Challengers Bangalore931207.8119.20/056.741/203Captain

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 faced35.4%
Balls per four10.3
Balls per six56.5
Dot balls bowled34.8%
Balls per wicket27.8
Catches11
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
2008Set C₹1 crSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹2.50 cr (US$625k)
2011–₹1.80 crSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.48 cr (US$550k)

Sources