Manvinder Bisla

The arrival

Manvinder Bisla's first IPL season was 2010, with Kings XI Punjab, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 10 matches and 218 runs.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2013, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 255 runs at an average of 19.6, striking at 108.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 92.

Franchise by franchise

2010, Kings XI Punjab. 10 matches and 218 runs.

2011 to 2014, Kolkata Knight Riders. Arrived outside the auction. 27 matches and 543 runs; champions in 2012 and 2014.

2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Arrived outside the auction. 2 matches and 37 runs.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2011 to 2014.

How the runs came

Across the career, Manvinder Bisla struck at 113.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.9, so Manvinder Bisla scored about 10 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 64% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 93 fours and 23 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 48.3% of the balls Manvinder Bisla faced were dot balls, a higher share than 100% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 30.5 balls, and a four every 7.6.

The fielding record: 20 catches, 10 run-outs and 7 stumpings, the stumpings a reminder of the gloves.

At the auction

Manvinder Bisla went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹60 lakh, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014.

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

The legacy

Manvinder Bisla made 39 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.