IPL playerWest Indies2013 to 2015
Darren Sammy
On scorecards: DJG Sammy · Right-hand bat
Darren Sammy, a batter, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Darren Sammy arrived through the auction: Sunrisers Hyderabad paid ₹2.29 cr (US$425k), against a base price of ₹54 lakh.
That first season brought 10 matches, 174 runs and 8 wickets at 7.47 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 174 runs at an average of 29.0, striking at 131.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 60.
With the ball, the best season was 2013, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 8 wickets at 7.47 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 4 for 22.
Franchise by franchise
2013 to 2014, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2013 auction for ₹2.29 cr. 20 matches, 282 runs and 11 wickets.
2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹2.80 cr. 2 matches and 13 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2013 to 2014.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Darren Sammy struck at 122.4. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.1, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 57% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 15 fours and 18 sixes.
With the ball, 11 wickets in 238 deliveries, at 8.82 runs an over against a league rate of 7.73 for the same seasons: 1.10 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 22.
The fielding record: 9 catches and 4 run-outs.
At the auction
Darren Sammy went under the hammer six times, bought four times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹3.50 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014, more than 3 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2017, cost ₹30 lakh. Unsold in 2015, Darren Sammy was bought again in 2015 by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kings XI Punjab in 2017.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Darren Sammy made 22 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 174 | 60 | 29.0 | 131.8 | 1/0 | 8 | 7.47 | 4/22 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2014 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 108 | 29 | 15.4 | 118.7 | 0/0 | 3 | 11.08 | 1/20 | 5 | ||
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6.5 | 72.2 | 0/0 | 0 | 8.33 | - | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2013 to 2014
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2015
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 40.7% |
| Balls per four | 16.1 |
| Balls per six | 13.4 |
| Dot balls bowled | 30.5% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.5 |
| Catches | 9 |
| Run-outs | 4 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | – | ₹54 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2.29 cr (US$425k) |
| 2014 | M2 | ₹1 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹3.50 cr |
| 2015 | All-rounder | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2015 | – | ₹1 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.80 cr |
| 2016 | All-rounder | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2017 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹30 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet