IPL playerIndia2009 to 2011
Kamran Khan
Right-hand bat
Kamran Khan, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Kamran Khan's first IPL season was 2009, with Rajasthan Royals, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 5 matches, 3 runs and 7 wickets at 7.38 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2009, for Rajasthan Royals: 7 wickets at 7.38 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28, with best figures of 3 for 18.
Franchise by franchise
2009 to 2010, Rajasthan Royals. 8 matches and 10 wickets.
2011, Pune Warriors. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2009 to 2010.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 10 wickets in 167 deliveries, at 8.59 runs an over against a league rate of 7.44 for the same seasons: 1.15 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 4 catches and 2 run-outs.
The legacy
Kamran Khan made 9 IPL appearances, the last for Pune Warriors in 2011.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 7 | 7.38 | 3/18 | 4 | ||
| 2010 | Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 3 | 8.83 | 2/13 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Pune Warriors | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 15.67 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2009 to 2010
- Pune Warriors: 2011
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 60% |
| Balls per four | 5 |
| Balls per six | 5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 38% |
| Balls per wicket | 16.6 |
| Catches | 4 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet