IPL playerIndia2008 to 2013
DB Ravi Teja
Right-hand bat
DB Ravi Teja, a batter, played five IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
DB Ravi Teja was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Deccan Chargers outside the auction.
That first season brought 7 matches, 109 runs and 1 wicket.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2011, for Deccan Chargers: 183 runs at an average of 26.1, striking at 127.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.0, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 60.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2012, Deccan Chargers. 30 matches, 361 runs and 1 wicket; champions in 2009.
2013, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arrived outside the auction. 2 matches and 14 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Deccan Chargers, 2008 to 2012. 2010 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, DB Ravi Teja struck at 118.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 122.3, so DB Ravi Teja scored about 4 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 52% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 35 fours and 9 sixes.
The fielding record: 11 catches and 2 run-outs.
The legacy
DB Ravi Teja made 32 IPL appearances, the last for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | 7 | 109 | 40 | 18.2 | 132.9 | 0/0 | 1 | 9.50 | 1/19 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 9 | 65 | 27 | 21.7 | 92.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 4 | Champions | |
| 2011 | Deccan Chargers | 12 | 183 | 60 | 26.1 | 127.1 | 1/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 5 | ||
| 2012 | Deccan Chargers | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14.0 | 82.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2008 to 2012
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.6% |
| Balls per four | 9.1 |
| Balls per six | 35.2 |
| Dot balls bowled | 22.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 18 |
| Catches | 11 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet