IPL playerSri Lanka2008 to 2013
Mahela Jayawardene
On scorecards: DPMD Jayawardene · Right-hand bat
Mahela Jayawardene, a batter, played six IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Mahela Jayawardene arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹1.90 cr (US$475k), against a base price of ₹1 cr, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 13 matches and 179 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2010, for Kings XI Punjab: 445 runs at an average of 40.5, striking at 148.3 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 1 hundred and 1 fifty, and a highest score of 110 not out. It came in a season as captain.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 36 matches and 843 runs; captain in 2010.
2011, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹6.75 cr. 13 matches and 299 runs; captain in 2011.
2012 to 2013, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2012 auction for ₹7 cr. 31 matches and 666 runs.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2008 to 2010.
How the runs came
Across the career, Mahela Jayawardene struck at 123.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.1, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 58% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 200 fours and 40 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 38.3% of the balls Mahela Jayawardene faced were dot balls, a higher share than 73% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 36.6 balls, and a four every 7.3.
The fielding record: 33 catches and 8 run-outs.
At the auction
Mahela Jayawardene went under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹7 cr (US$1.40m), paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2012, more than 4 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.90 cr in 2008, ₹7 cr by 2012.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mahela Jayawardene made 80 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2013, and won 5 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 179 | 45* | 25.6 | 136.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2009 | Kings XI Punjab | 10 | 219 | 52* | 36.5 | 132.7 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 445 | 110* | 40.5 | 148.3 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | Captain |
| 2011 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 13 | 299 | 76 | 23.0 | 116.3 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | Captain |
| 2012 | Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 335 | 56* | 27.9 | 112.4 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2013 | Delhi Daredevils | 15 | 331 | 66 | 22.1 | 105.8 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 4 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2008 to 2010
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 2011
- Delhi Daredevils: 2012 to 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 38.3% |
| Balls per four | 7.3 |
| Balls per six | 36.6 |
| Catches | 33 |
| Run-outs | 8 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Set A | ₹1 cr | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹1.90 cr (US$475k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹1.80 cr | Sold to Kochi Tuskers Kerala for ₹6.75 cr (US$1.50m) |
| 2012 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹7 cr (US$1.40m) |
| 2015 | Batter | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2016 | Batter | ₹1.50 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