IPL playerEngland2010 to 2021
Eoin Morgan
On scorecards: EJG Morgan · Right-hand bat
Eoin Morgan, a batter, played eight IPL seasons for four franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Eoin Morgan arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹1.01 cr (US$220k), against a base price of ₹92 lakh.
That first season brought 6 matches and 35 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2020, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 419 runs at an average of 41.9, striking at 137.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 131.8, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 68 not out. It came in a season as captain.
Franchise by franchise
2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2010 auction for ₹1.01 cr. 6 matches and 35 runs.
2011 to 2013, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹1.57 cr. 26 matches and 444 runs.
2015 to 2016, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹1.50 cr. 16 matches and 310 runs; champions in 2016.
2017, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹2 cr. 4 matches and 65 runs.
2020 to 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders, second time round. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹5.25 cr. 31 matches and 552 runs; captain in 2020 and 2021.
5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2011 to 2013. 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Eoin Morgan struck at 122.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 128.0, so Eoin Morgan scored about 5 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 112 fours and 64 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 41.6% of the balls Eoin Morgan faced were dot balls, a higher share than 86% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 17.9 balls, and a four every 10.3.
The fielding record: 36 catches and 6 run-outs.
At the auction
Eoin Morgan went under the hammer seven times, bought five times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹5.25 cr, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2020. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.01 cr in 2010, ₹5.25 cr by 2020. Unsold in 2018, Eoin Morgan was bought again in 2020 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
Eoin Morgan made 83 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 6 | 35 | 17 | 11.7 | 116.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2011 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 137 | 66 | 15.2 | 117.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2013 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 307 | 51 | 27.9 | 127.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2015 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 9 | 187 | 63 | 23.4 | 123.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 123 | 51 | 24.6 | 117.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | Champions | |
| 2017 | Kings XI Punjab | 4 | 65 | 26 | 16.3 | 104.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 419 | 68* | 41.9 | 137.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | Captain | |
| 2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 17 | 133 | 47* | 12.1 | 95.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | Captain |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2010
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2011 to 2013
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2015 to 2016
- Kings XI Punjab: 2017
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2020 to 2021
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 41.6% |
| Balls per four | 10.3 |
| Balls per six | 17.9 |
| Catches | 36 |
| Run-outs | 6 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | – | ₹92 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.01 cr (US$220k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹90 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.57 cr (US$350k) |
| 2015 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.50 cr |
| 2017 | – | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹2 cr |
| 2018 | Batter | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
| 2020 | BA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹5.25 cr |
| 2022 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet