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IPL playerEngland2009 to 2016

Kevin Pietersen

On scorecards: KP Pietersen · Right-hand bat

5
Seasons
36
Matches
1,001
Runs
SR 134.7
7
Wickets
econ 7.41
0
Titles
3
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2009 to 2016 · Sources

Kevin Pietersen, a batter, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Kevin Pietersen arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹7.44 cr (US$1.55m), against a base price of ₹6.48 cr.

That first season brought 6 matches, 93 runs and 4 wickets at 6.54 an over. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2012, for Delhi Daredevils: 305 runs at an average of 61.0, striking at 147.3 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, with 1 hundred and 1 fifty, and a highest score of 103 not out.

Franchise by franchise

2009 to 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2009 auction for ₹7.44 cr. 13 matches, 329 runs and 7 wickets.

2012 to 2014, Delhi Daredevils. Arrived outside the auction. 19 matches and 599 runs.

2016, Rising Pune Supergiants. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹3 cr. 4 matches and 73 runs.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2012 to 2014. 2011, 2013 and 2015 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Kevin Pietersen struck at 134.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.9, so Kevin Pietersen scored about 9 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 60% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 91 fours and 40 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37% of the balls Kevin Pietersen faced were dot balls, a higher share than 62% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 18.6 balls, and a four every 8.2.

With the ball, 7 wickets in 174 deliveries, at 7.41 runs an over against a league rate of 7.57 for the same seasons: 0.16 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 12 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Kevin Pietersen went under the hammer five times. The highest price was ₹9 cr, paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2014, more than 4 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2016, cost ₹3 cr. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Deccan Chargers in 2011 and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015.

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

The legacy

Kevin Pietersen made 36 IPL appearances, the last for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016, and won 3 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2009Royal Challengers Bangalore6933715.5109.40/046.542/313
2010Royal Challengers Bangalore723666*59.0150.32/037.701/1032
2012Delhi Daredevils8305103*61.0147.31/108.83-31
2014Delhi Daredevils112945829.4126.21/0–––2
2016Rising Pune Supergiants4733724.3119.70/0–––1

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 faced37%
Balls per four8.2
Balls per six18.6
Dot balls bowled31%
Balls per wicket24.9
Catches12
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
2009–₹6.48 crSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹7.44 cr (US$1.55m)
2011–₹1.80 crSold to Deccan Chargers for ₹2.92 cr (US$650k)
2014M1₹2 crSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹9 cr
2015–₹2 crSold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2 cr
2016–₹2 crSold to Rising Pune Supergiants for ₹3 cr

Sources