Marlon Samuels

The arrival

Marlon Samuels's first IPL season was 2012, with Pune Warriors, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 8 matches, 124 runs and 8 wickets at 7.53 an over.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2012, for Pune Warriors: 124 runs at an average of 17.7, striking at 100.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, and a highest score of 46.

With the ball, the best season was 2012, for Pune Warriors: 8 wickets at 7.53 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 3 for 39.

Franchise by franchise

2012 to 2013, Pune Warriors. 10 matches, 132 runs and 9 wickets.

2017, Delhi Daredevils. Arrived outside the auction. 5 matches and 29 runs.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Pune Warriors, 2012 to 2013. 2014, 2015 and 2016 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 9 wickets in 214 deliveries, at 7.96 runs an over against a league rate of 7.68 for the same seasons: 0.29 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 2 catches.

At the auction

Marlon Samuels went under the hammer three times and was never bought.

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

The legacy

Marlon Samuels made 15 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2017, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.