JP Duminy

The arrival

JP Duminy arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹4.56 cr (US$950k), against a base price of ₹1.44 cr.

That first season brought 13 matches, 372 runs and 4 wickets at 5.31 an over.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2015, for Delhi Daredevils: 414 runs at an average of 41.4, striking at 131.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 132.1, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 78 not out. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2014 and 2015).

With the ball, the best season was 2015, for Delhi Daredevils: 8 wickets at 7.41 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.19, with best figures of 4 for 17.

Franchise by franchise

2009 to 2010, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2009 auction for ₹4.56 cr. 20 matches, 529 runs and 5 wickets.

2011 to 2012, Deccan Chargers. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹1.35 cr. 19 matches, 449 runs and 5 wickets.

2014 to 2016, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹2.20 cr. 38 matches, 1,015 runs and 13 wickets.

2018, Mumbai Indians, second time round. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹1 cr. 6 matches and 36 runs.

4 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2014 to 2016. 2013 and 2017 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, JP Duminy struck at 124.0. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.0, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 48% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 126 fours and 79 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 31.5% of the balls JP Duminy faced were dot balls, a lower share than 88% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 20.7 balls, and a four every 13.

With the ball, 23 wickets in 678 deliveries, at 7.38 runs an over against a league rate of 7.81 for the same seasons: 0.43 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 17.

34.5% of the balls JP Duminy bowled were dots, a lower share than 54% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 29.5 balls.

The fielding record: 30 catches and 3 run-outs.

At the auction

JP Duminy went under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹4.56 cr (US$950k), paid by Mumbai Indians in 2009, more than 3 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2018, cost ₹1 cr.

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

The legacy

JP Duminy made 83 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2018, and won 4 player-of-the-match awards.