IPL playerSouth Africa2024 to 2026
Donovan Ferreira
On scorecards: D Ferreira · Right-hand bat
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
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4.0 | 72.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2026 | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 317 | 69 | 35.2 | 179.1 | 2/0 | 1 | 13.67 | 1/14 | 13 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2024
- Delhi Capitals: 2025
- Rajasthan Royals: 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.2% |
| Balls per four | 7.4 |
| Balls per six | 8.3 |
| Dot balls bowled | 11.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 18 |
| Catches | 16 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet