IPL playerNew Zealand2015 to 2019
Mitchell McClenaghan
On scorecards: MJ McClenaghan · Right-hand bat
Mitchell McClenaghan, a bowler, played five IPL seasons, all of them with Mumbai Indians. Three titles came along the way.
The arrival
Mitchell McClenaghan arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹30 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 12 matches, 13 runs and 18 wickets at 8.15 an over, and ended with Mumbai Indians as champions.
The peak
The best season was 2017, for Mumbai Indians: 19 wickets at 9.25 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.23, with best figures of 3 for 24. Mumbai Indians won the title that year. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2015, 2016 and 2017).
One franchise
Mitchell McClenaghan spent the whole IPL career with Mumbai Indians, from 2015 to 2019. The club won three titles with Mitchell McClenaghan in the side: 2015, 2017 and 2019.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 71 wickets in 1,283 deliveries, at 8.43 runs an over against a league rate of 8.25 for the same seasons: 0.18 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 21.
39.8% of the balls Mitchell McClenaghan bowled were dots, a higher share than 81% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 17.9 balls.
The fielding record: 1 catch and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Mitchell McClenaghan went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹30 lakh, paid by Mumbai Indians in 2015.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Mitchell McClenaghan made 56 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2019, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | 12 | 13 | 12* | 13.0 | 216.7 | 0/0 | 18 | 8.15 | 3/16 | 0 | 1 | Champions |
| 2016 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 34 | 20 | 11.3 | 147.8 | 0/0 | 17 | 8.15 | 4/21 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5.3 | 106.7 | 0/0 | 19 | 9.25 | 3/24 | 1 | 1 | Champions |
| 2018 | Mumbai Indians | 11 | 11 | 11* | 5.5 | 110.0 | 0/0 | 14 | 8.27 | 2/22 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3.7 | 68.8 | 0/0 | 3 | 7.89 | 3/40 | 0 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2015 to 2019
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 51.4% |
| Balls per four | 14 |
| Balls per six | 10 |
| Dot balls bowled | 39.8% |
| Balls per wicket | 17.9 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| 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