IPL playerIndia2013 to 2019
Hanuma Vihari
On scorecards: GH Vihari · Right-hand bat
Hanuma Vihari, a batter, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Hanuma Vihari's first IPL season was 2013, with Sunrisers Hyderabad, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 17 matches, 241 runs and 1 wicket. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 241 runs at an average of 17.2, striking at 86.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, and a highest score of 46.
Franchise by franchise
2013 to 2015, Sunrisers Hyderabad. 22 matches, 280 runs and 1 wicket.
2019, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹2 cr. 2 matches and 4 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2013 to 2015. 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Hanuma Vihari struck at 88.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 122.9, so Hanuma Vihari scored about 34 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 35% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 23 fours and 1 sixes.
The fielding record: 6 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Hanuma Vihari went under the hammer six times, bought twice and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹2 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2019, more than 4 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2015, ₹2 cr by 2019.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Hanuma Vihari made 24 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Capitals in 2019, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 241 | 46 | 17.2 | 86.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.33 | 1/5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 39 | 16 | 9.8 | 111.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2013 to 2015
- Delhi Capitals: 2019
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 42.4% |
| Balls per four | 14 |
| Balls per six | 321 |
| Dot balls bowled | 40.5% |
| Balls per wicket | 42 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹10 lakh |
| 2019 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹2 cr |
| 2020 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2021 | – | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | AL2 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet