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Gautam Gambhir

On scorecards: G Gambhir · Right-hand bat

11
Seasons
154
Matches
4,217
Runs
SR 123.9
0
Wickets
2
Titles
13
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2018 · Sources

Gautam Gambhir, a batter, played eleven IPL seasons for two franchises. Two titles came along the way, both of them as captain.

The arrival

Gautam Gambhir arrived through the auction: Delhi Daredevils paid ₹2.90 cr (US$725k), against a base price of ₹88 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 14 matches and 534 runs.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2012, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 590 runs at an average of 36.9, striking at 143.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, with 6 fifties, and a highest score of 93. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title that year. It came in a season as captain. There were five seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2008, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017).

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2.90 cr. 40 matches and 1,097 runs.

2011 to 2017, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹10.80 cr. 108 matches and 3,035 runs; captain in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017; champions in 2012 and 2014.

2018, Delhi Daredevils, second time round. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2.80 cr. 6 matches and 85 runs.

3 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2011 to 2017.

How the runs came

Across the career, Gautam Gambhir struck at 123.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 127.1, so Gautam Gambhir scored about 3 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 55% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 492 fours and 59 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 36.3% of the balls Gautam Gambhir faced were dot balls, a lower share than 50% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 57.7 balls, and a four every 6.9.

The fielding record: 28 catches and 8 run-outs.

At the auction

Gautam Gambhir went under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹10.80 cr (US$2.40m), paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011, more than 12 times the base price.

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

The legacy

On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Gautam Gambhir finished 20th for runs.

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
2008Delhi Daredevils145348641.1140.95/0–––2
2009Delhi Daredevils1528671*22.0102.91/0–––21
2010Delhi Daredevils112777230.8127.72/0–––32
2011Kolkata Knight Riders1537875*34.4119.22/0–––11Captain
2012Kolkata Knight Riders175909336.9143.66/0–––43Captain, Champions
2013Kolkata Knight Riders164066027.1118.44/0–––22Captain
2014Kolkata Knight Riders163356922.3114.33/0–––32Captain, Champions
2015Kolkata Knight Riders133276025.2117.63/0–––3Captain
2016Kolkata Knight Riders1550190*38.5121.95/0–––11Captain
2017Kolkata Knight Riders1649876*41.5128.04/0–––61Captain
2018Delhi Daredevils6855517.096.61/0–––1

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 faced36.3%
Balls per four6.9
Balls per six57.7
Catches28
Run-outs8
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
2008Set G₹88 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹2.90 cr (US$725k)
2011–₹90 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹10.80 cr (US$2.40m)
2018M2₹2 crSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹2.80 cr

Sources