IPL playerSouth Africa2009 to 2015
Johan Botha
On scorecards: J Botha · Right-hand bat
Johan Botha, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Johan Botha's first IPL season was 2009, with Rajasthan Royals, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 3 matches, 47 runs and 3 wickets at 6.17 an over.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2011, for Rajasthan Royals: 230 runs at an average of 46.0, striking at 116.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.0, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 67 not out.
With the ball, the best season was 2012, for Rajasthan Royals: 9 wickets at 7.24 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 2 for 21.
Franchise by franchise
2009 to 2012, Rajasthan Royals. 24 matches, 335 runs and 19 wickets.
2013, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2013 auction for ₹2.43 cr. 6 matches, 43 runs and 5 wickets.
2015, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 4 matches, 31 runs and 1 wicket.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2009 to 2012. 2010 and 2014 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Johan Botha struck at 113.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 121.5, so Johan Botha scored about 8 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 45% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 39 fours and 5 sixes.
With the ball, 25 wickets in 694 deliveries, at 6.92 runs an over against a league rate of 7.59 for the same seasons: 0.67 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.
36.6% of the balls Johan Botha bowled were dots, a higher share than 64% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 27.8 balls.
The fielding record: 16 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Johan Botha went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹4.28 cr (US$950k), paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2011, more than 4 times the base price.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Johan Botha made 34 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2015, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 47 | 37 | 23.5 | 117.5 | 0/0 | 3 | 6.17 | 2/19 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 230 | 67* | 46.0 | 116.2 | 1/0 | 7 | 6.64 | 3/6 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 58 | 14* | 14.5 | 107.4 | 0/0 | 9 | 7.24 | 2/21 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | Delhi Daredevils | 6 | 43 | 23 | 7.2 | 82.7 | 0/0 | 5 | 6.54 | 2/11 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 31 | 17 | 10.3 | 206.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.10 | 1/32 | 4 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2009 to 2012
- Delhi Daredevils: 2013
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2015
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.1% |
| Balls per four | 9.2 |
| Balls per six | 71.8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 36.6% |
| Balls per wicket | 27.8 |
| Catches | 16 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | – | ₹90 lakh | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.28 cr (US$950k) |
| 2013 | – | ₹1.62 cr | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹2.43 cr (US$450k) |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet