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IPL playerNamibia2015 to 2023

David Wiese

On scorecards: D Wiese · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
18
Matches
148
Runs
SR 146.6
16
Wickets
econ 8.89
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2015 to 2023 · Sources

David Wiese, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

David Wiese arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹2.80 cr, against a base price of ₹30 lakh.

That first season brought 14 matches, 122 runs and 16 wickets at 8.34 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2015, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 16 wickets at 8.34 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.19, with best figures of 4 for 33.

Franchise by franchise

2015 to 2016, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹2.80 cr. 15 matches, 127 runs and 16 wickets.

2023, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹1 cr. 3 matches.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2015 to 2016. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 16 wickets in 297 deliveries, at 8.89 runs an over against a league rate of 8.22 for the same seasons: 0.67 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 33.

The fielding record: 8 catches.

At the auction

David Wiese went under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹2.80 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015, more than 9 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2023, cost ₹1 cr. Unsold in 2022, David Wiese was bought again in 2023 by Kolkata Knight Riders.

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

The legacy

David Wiese made 18 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023.

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
2015Royal Challengers Bangalore1412247*30.5141.90/0168.344/334
2016Royal Challengers Bangalore155*–125.00/0011.76-1
2023Kolkata Knight Riders32112*21.0190.90/0012.67-3

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 faced29.7%
Balls per four8.4
Balls per six14.4
Dot balls bowled27.7%
Balls per wicket18.5
Catches8
Run-outs0
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
2015–₹30 lakhSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2.80 cr
2022–₹50 lakhUnsold
2023–₹1 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1 cr
2024UAL2₹1 crUnsold

Sources