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Hardus Viljoen

On scorecards: GC Viljoen · Right-hand bat

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Seasons
6
Matches
3
Runs
SR 42.9
7
Wickets
econ 9.65
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Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2019 to 2019 · Sources

Hardus Viljoen, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Kings XI Punjab, 2019: 6 matches, 3 runs, 7 wickets.

The arrival

Hardus Viljoen arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹75 lakh, the base price.

That first season brought 6 matches, 3 runs and 7 wickets at 9.65 an over.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 7 wickets in 138 deliveries, at 9.65 runs an over against a league rate of 8.24 for the same seasons: 1.41 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.

At the auction

Hardus Viljoen went under the hammer once. The price was ₹75 lakh, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2019.

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

The legacy

Hardus Viljoen made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Kings XI Punjab in 2019.

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
2019Kings XI Punjab632*1.542.90/079.652/390

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 faced71.4%
Balls per four7
Balls per six7
Dot balls bowled31.2%
Balls per wicket19.7

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
2019–₹75 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹75 lakh

Sources