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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2011

Joginder Sharma

Right-hand bat

4
Seasons
16
Matches
36
Runs
SR 124.1
12
Wickets
econ 9.56
2
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2011 · Sources

Joginder Sharma, a bowler, played four IPL seasons, all of them with Chennai Super Kings. Two titles came along the way.

The arrival

Joginder Sharma arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹90 lakh (US$225k), against a base price of ₹40 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 8 matches, 16 runs and 8 wickets at 9.37 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2008, for Chennai Super Kings: 8 wickets at 9.37 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.05, with best figures of 2 for 27.

One franchise

Joginder Sharma spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2008 to 2011. Chennai Super Kings went back to the auction to buy Joginder Sharma again in 2011 for ₹68 lakh. The club won two titles with Joginder Sharma in the side: 2010 and 2011.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 12 wickets in 263 deliveries, at 9.56 runs an over against a league rate of 7.86 for the same seasons: 1.69 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 5 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Joginder Sharma went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹90 lakh (US$225k), paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2008.

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

The legacy

Joginder Sharma made 16 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2011.

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
2008Chennai Super Kings816168.0145.40/089.372/274
2009Chennai Super Kings42016*20.0111.10/028.141/100
2010Chennai Super Kings30–––0/0210.681/231Champions
2011Chennai Super Kings1000.0–0/0011.33-0Champions

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 faced33.3%
Balls per four30
Balls per six15
Dot balls bowled27.7%
Balls per wicket21.3
Catches5
Run-outs2
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 F₹40 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹90 lakh (US$225k)
2011–₹45 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹68 lakh (US$150k)

Sources