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IPL playerSouth Africa2024 to 2026

Donovan Ferreira

On scorecards: D Ferreira · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
18
Matches
326
Runs
SR 170.7
1
Wickets
econ 13.67
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2024 to 2026 · Sources

Donovan Ferreira, a batter, has played three IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Donovan Ferreira's first IPL season was 2024, with Rajasthan Royals, a signing made outside the auction. That debut came after going unsold once (2022).

That first season brought 2 matches and 8 runs. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2026, for Rajasthan Royals: 317 runs at an average of 35.2, striking at 179.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 156.5, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 69.

Franchise by franchise

2024, Rajasthan Royals. 2 matches and 8 runs.

2025, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹75 lakh. 1 match and 1 run.

2026, Rajasthan Royals, second time round. Back outside the auction. 15 matches, 317 runs and 1 wicket.

How the runs came

Across the career, Donovan Ferreira has struck at 170.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 156.1, so Donovan Ferreira has scored about 15 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 74% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 26 fours and 23 sixes.

The fielding record: 16 catches.

At the auction

Donovan Ferreira has gone under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹75 lakh, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹20 lakh in 2023, ₹75 lakh by 2025. Unsold in 2022, Donovan Ferreira was bought in 2023 by Rajasthan Royals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Rajasthan Royals in 2023.

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

Where it stands

Donovan Ferreira has made 18 IPL appearances, the latest for Rajasthan Royals in 2026, and has 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
2024Rajasthan Royals2874.072.70/0–––2
2025Delhi Capitals1111.033.30/0–––0
2026Rajasthan Royals153176935.2179.12/0113.671/14131

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 faced37.2%
Balls per four7.4
Balls per six8.3
Dot balls bowled11.1%
Balls per wicket18
Catches16
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
2022–₹20 lakhUnsold
2023–₹20 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh
2025WK2₹75 lakhSold to Delhi Capitals for ₹75 lakh

Sources