IPL playerWest Indies2019
Keemo Paul
On scorecards: KMA Paul · Right-hand bat
Keemo Paul, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Delhi Capitals, 2019: 8 matches, 18 runs, 9 wickets.
The arrival
Keemo Paul arrived through the auction: Delhi Capitals paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 8 matches, 18 runs and 9 wickets at 8.46 an over.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 9 wickets in 168 deliveries, at 8.46 runs an over against a league rate of 8.24 for the same seasons: 0.22 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 6 catches.
At the auction
Keemo Paul went under the hammer five times, bought once and left unsold four times. The price was ₹50 lakh, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2019.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Keemo Paul made 8 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Capitals in 2019, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 18 | 7 | 4.5 | 75.0 | 0/0 | 9 | 8.46 | 3/17 | 5 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Capitals: 2019
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 62.5% |
| Balls per four | 24 |
| Balls per six | 24 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 18.1 |
| Catches | 6 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh |
| 2022 | – | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | AL5 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | AL2 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | AL10 | ₹1.25 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet