IPL playerWest Indies2012 to 2014
Kevon Cooper
On scorecards: KK Cooper · Right-hand bat
Kevon Cooper, a bowler, played three IPL seasons, all of them with Rajasthan Royals.
The arrival
Kevon Cooper arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹25 lakh (US$50k), the base price.
That first season brought 6 matches, 38 runs and 10 wickets at 7.25 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2013, for Rajasthan Royals: 19 wickets at 8.31 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 15.
One franchise
Kevon Cooper spent the whole IPL career with Rajasthan Royals, from 2012 to 2014. Rajasthan Royals went back to the auction to buy Kevon Cooper again in 2014 for ₹30 lakh.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 33 wickets in 577 deliveries, at 7.87 runs an over against a league rate of 7.63 for the same seasons: 0.24 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 26.
31.9% of the balls Kevon Cooper bowled were dots, a lower share than 83% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 17.5 balls.
The fielding record: 11 catches and 4 run-outs.
At the auction
Kevon Cooper went under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2014.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Kevon Cooper made 25 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2014, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rajasthan Royals | 6 | 38 | 14 | 19.0 | 190.0 | 0/0 | 10 | 7.25 | 4/26 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 39 | 26 | 9.8 | 177.3 | 0/0 | 19 | 8.31 | 3/15 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2014 | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 39 | 32 | 13.0 | 150.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 7.38 | 2/38 | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2012 to 2014
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 39.7% |
| Balls per four | 7.6 |
| Balls per six | 8.5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 17.5 |
| Catches | 11 |
| Run-outs | 4 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet