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IPL playerSouth Africa2022 to 2023

Dwaine Pretorius

On scorecards: D Pretorius · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
7
Matches
44
Runs
SR 157.1
6
Wickets
econ 9.52
1
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2022 to 2023 · Sources

Dwaine Pretorius, a bowler, played two IPL seasons, both with Chennai Super Kings. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Dwaine Pretorius arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 6 matches, 44 runs and 6 wickets at 10.00 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

One franchise

Dwaine Pretorius spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2022 to 2023. The club won the title with Dwaine Pretorius in the side: 2023.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 6 wickets in 150 deliveries, at 9.52 runs an over against a league rate of 8.43 for the same seasons: 1.09 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 3 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Dwaine Pretorius went under the hammer four times, bought once and left unsold three times. The price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2022.

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

The legacy

Dwaine Pretorius made 7 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings 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
2022Chennai Super Kings6442211.0157.10/0610.002/302
2023Chennai Super Kings10–––0/007.00-1Champions

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 faced35.7%
Balls per four9.3
Balls per six9.3
Dot balls bowled28%
Balls per wicket25
Catches3
Run-outs1
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
2022AL3₹50 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹50 lakh
2024AL2₹1 crUnsold
2025AL8₹75 lakhUnsold
2026AL4₹1 crUnsold

Sources