IPL playerSouth Africa2008 to 2012
Herschelle Gibbs
On scorecards: HH Gibbs · Right-hand bat
Herschelle Gibbs, a batter, played four IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Herschelle Gibbs arrived through the auction: Deccan Chargers paid ₹2.30 cr (US$575k), against a base price of ₹1 cr, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 9 matches and 167 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2009, for Deccan Chargers: 371 runs at an average of 33.7, striking at 112.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 116.9, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 69 not out. Deccan Chargers won the title that year.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Deccan Chargers. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2.30 cr. 33 matches and 805 runs; champions in 2009.
2012, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2012 auction for ₹25 lakh. 3 matches and 81 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Deccan Chargers, 2008 to 2010. 2011 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Herschelle Gibbs struck at 109.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 122.9, so Herschelle Gibbs scored about 13 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 58% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 83 fours and 31 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 46.8% of the balls Herschelle Gibbs faced were dot balls, a higher share than 98% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 26 balls, and a four every 9.7.
The fielding record: 22 catches and 5 run-outs.
At the auction
Herschelle Gibbs went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹2.30 cr (US$575k), paid by Deccan Chargers in 2008. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2012, cost ₹25 lakh. Unsold in 2011, Herschelle Gibbs was bought again in 2012 by Mumbai Indians.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Herschelle Gibbs made 36 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2012, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | 9 | 167 | 47 | 18.6 | 109.2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 14 | 371 | 69* | 33.7 | 112.1 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | Champions |
| 2010 | Deccan Chargers | 10 | 267 | 50 | 26.7 | 113.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2012 | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 81 | 66* | 40.5 | 92.0 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2008 to 2010
- Mumbai Indians: 2012
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 46.8% |
| Balls per four | 9.7 |
| Balls per six | 26 |
| Catches | 22 |
| Run-outs | 5 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Set D | ₹1 cr | Sold to Deccan Chargers for ₹2.30 cr (US$575k) |
| 2011 | Batter | ₹1.80 cr | Unsold |
| 2012 | – | ₹25 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹25 lakh (US$50k) |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet