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Isuru Udana
On scorecards: I Udana · Right-hand bat
Isuru Udana, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2020: 10 matches, 15 runs, 8 wickets.
The arrival
Isuru Udana arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹50 lakh, the base price. That debut came after going unsold once (2014).
That first season brought 10 matches, 15 runs and 8 wickets at 9.72 an over.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 8 wickets in 174 deliveries, at 9.72 runs an over against a league rate of 8.14 for the same seasons: 1.59 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 3 catches.
At the auction
Isuru Udana went under the hammer four times, bought once and left unsold three times. The price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2020. Unsold in 2014, Isuru Udana was bought in 2020 by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Isuru Udana made 10 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2020.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 | 15 | 10* | 5.0 | 136.4 | 0/0 | 8 | 9.72 | 2/41 | 3 |
Franchise journey
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 36.4% |
| Balls per four | 11 |
| Balls per six | 11 |
| Dot balls bowled | 25.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.8 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Fast Bowler | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2020 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹50 lakh |
| 2021 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹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