Moises Henriques

The arrival

Moises Henriques's first IPL season was 2009, with Kolkata Knight Riders, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 4 matches, 38 runs and 2 wickets at 8.79 an over. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2015, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 287 runs at an average of 41.0, striking at 136.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 132.1, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 74 not out.

With the ball, the best season was 2016, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 12 wickets at 7.98 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.15, with best figures of 2 for 17. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the title that year.

Franchise by franchise

2009, Kolkata Knight Riders. 4 matches, 38 runs and 2 wickets.

2010, Delhi Daredevils. Arrived outside the auction. 1 match, 11 runs and 1 wicket.

2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2013 auction for ₹1.62 cr. 10 matches, 165 runs and 7 wickets.

2014 to 2017, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1 cr. 42 matches, 755 runs and 28 wickets; champions in 2016.

2021, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹4.20 cr. 5 matches, 31 runs and 4 wickets.

5 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2014 to 2017. 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Moises Henriques struck at 126.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 129.6, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 52% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 87 fours and 28 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34.1% of the balls Moises Henriques faced were dot balls, a lower share than 71% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 28.1 balls, and a four every 9.1.

With the ball, 42 wickets in 951 deliveries, at 8.13 runs an over against a league rate of 7.98 for the same seasons: 0.15 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

32.2% of the balls Moises Henriques bowled were dots, a lower share than 79% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 22.6 balls.

The fielding record: 29 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Moises Henriques went under the hammer nine times, bought five times and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹4.20 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2021, more than 4 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹23 lakh in 2011, ₹4.20 cr by 2021. Unsold in 2012, Moises Henriques was bought again in 2013 by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Mumbai Indians in 2011 and Kings XI Punjab in 2019.

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

The legacy

Moises Henriques made 62 IPL appearances, the last for Punjab Kings in 2021, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.