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Makhaya Ntini
On scorecards: M Ntini · Right-hand bat
Makhaya Ntini, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Chennai Super Kings, 2008: 9 matches, 11 runs, 7 wickets.
The arrival
Makhaya Ntini arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹80 lakh (US$200k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 9 matches, 11 runs and 7 wickets at 6.85 an over.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 7 wickets in 212 deliveries, at 6.85 runs an over against a league rate of 8.05 for the same seasons: 1.20 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 21.
The fielding record: 1 catch and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Makhaya Ntini went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹80 lakh (US$200k), paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2008.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Makhaya Ntini made 9 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2008, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Chennai Super Kings | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11.0 | 61.1 | 0/0 | 7 | 6.85 | 4/21 | 1 | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Chennai Super Kings: 2008
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 77.8% |
| Balls per four | 9 |
| Balls per six | 18 |
| Dot balls bowled | 47.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 30 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| 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