IPL playerIndia2010 to 2023
Mandeep Singh
Right-hand bat
Mandeep Singh, a batter, played fourteen IPL seasons for four franchises. In fourteen seasons the title never came.
The arrival
Mandeep Singh's first IPL season was 2010, with Kolkata Knight Riders, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 3 matches and 4 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2012, for Kings XI Punjab: 432 runs at an average of 27.0, striking at 126.3 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 75.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2015: 157 runs at a strike rate of 157.0, 25 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. 3 matches and 4 runs.
2011 to 2014, Kings XI Punjab. Arrived outside the auction. 41 matches and 763 runs.
2015 to 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Arrived outside the auction. 40 matches and 597 runs.
2019 to 2021, Kings XI Punjab, second time round. Back outside the auction. 21 matches and 310 runs.
2022, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹1.10 cr. 3 matches and 18 runs.
2023, Kolkata Knight Riders, second time round. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹50 lakh. 3 matches and 14 runs.
6 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2011 to 2014.
How the runs came
Across the career, Mandeep Singh struck at 122.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 129.1, so Mandeep Singh scored about 6 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 55% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 176 fours and 38 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37.7% of the balls Mandeep Singh faced were dot balls, a higher share than 69% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 36.5 balls, and a four every 7.9.
The fielding record: 38 catches and 2 run-outs.
At the auction
Mandeep Singh went under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹1.40 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mandeep Singh made 111 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023, and won 3 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 36.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Kings XI Punjab | 6 | 47 | 15* | 11.8 | 114.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Kings XI Punjab | 16 | 432 | 75 | 27.0 | 126.3 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Kings XI Punjab | 16 | 260 | 77* | 20.0 | 116.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2014 | Kings XI Punjab | 3 | 24 | 21 | 8.0 | 92.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 157 | 54* | 26.2 | 157.0 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 11 | 188 | 52 | 18.8 | 106.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 252 | 47* | 25.2 | 135.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 165 | 33* | 41.3 | 137.5 | 0/0 | 0 | 13.00 | - | 4 | ||
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | 7 | 130 | 66* | 21.7 | 119.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15.0 | 107.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6.0 | 78.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4.7 | 87.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2010
- Kings XI Punjab: 2011 to 2014
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2015 to 2018
- Kings XI Punjab: 2019 to 2021
- Delhi Capitals: 2022
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2023
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.7% |
| Balls per four | 7.9 |
| Balls per six | 36.5 |
| Dot balls bowled | 8.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 12 |
| Catches | 38 |
| Run-outs | 2 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UAL1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹80 lakh |
| 2018 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.40 cr |
| 2022 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹1.10 cr |
| 2023 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹50 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet