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IPL playerWest Indies2012 to 2017

Marlon Samuels

On scorecards: MN Samuels · Right-hand bat

3
Seasons
15
Matches
161
Runs
SR 93.6
9
Wickets
econ 7.96
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2012 to 2017 · Sources

Marlon Samuels played three IPL seasons for two franchises.

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.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2012Pune Warriors81244617.7100.80/087.533/3901
2013Pune Warriors2854.044.40/018.501/341
2017Delhi Daredevils529277.393.50/0011.33-1

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced48.8%
Balls per four19.1
Balls per six24.6
Dot balls bowled36.9%
Balls per wicket23.8
Catches2
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2014All-rounder₹2 crUnsold
2015All-rounder₹1.50 crUnsold
2017All-rounder₹1 crUnsold

Sources