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Murali Vijay

On scorecards: M Vijay · Right-hand bat

11
Seasons
106
Matches
2,619
Runs
SR 121.9
0
Wickets
econ 8.17
3
Titles
6
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2009 to 2020 · Sources

Murali Vijay, a batter, played eleven IPL seasons for three franchises. Three titles came along the way.

The arrival

Murali Vijay's first IPL season was 2009, with Chennai Super Kings, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 4 matches and 60 runs. The best was still to come.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2010, for Chennai Super Kings: 458 runs at an average of 35.2, striking at 156.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 1 hundred and 2 fifties, and a highest score of 127. Chennai Super Kings won the title that year. There were three seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2010, 2011 and 2016).

Franchise by franchise

2009 to 2013, Chennai Super Kings. 64 matches and 1,600 runs; champions in 2010 and 2011.

2014, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹5 cr. 11 matches and 207 runs.

2015 to 2016, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹3 cr. 25 matches and 704 runs.

2018 to 2020, Chennai Super Kings, second time round. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹2 cr. 6 matches and 108 runs; champions in 2018.

4 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2009 to 2013. 2017 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

How the runs came

Across the career, Murali Vijay struck at 121.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.4, so Murali Vijay scored about 5 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 247 fours and 91 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 43.1% of the balls Murali Vijay faced were dot balls, a higher share than 90% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 23.6 balls, and a four every 8.7.

The fielding record: 48 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Murali Vijay went under the hammer four times, bought three times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹5 cr, paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2014. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2018, cost ₹2 cr.

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

The legacy

Murali Vijay made 106 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2020, and won 6 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2009Chennai Super Kings4603115.089.50/0–––2
2010Chennai Super Kings1545812735.2156.82/1–––122Champions
2011Chennai Super Kings164349527.1128.03/0–––52Champions
2012Chennai Super Kings1433611328.0125.80/1–––61
2013Chennai Super Kings153125522.3109.12/0–––8
2014Delhi Daredevils112075218.8107.81/0013.00-81
2015Kings XI Punjab112513922.8110.10/007.00-4
2016Kings XI Punjab144538934.8124.55/008.00-2
2018Chennai Super Kings1121212.0120.00/0–––0Champions
2019Chennai Super Kings2643832.0104.90/0–––1
2020Chennai Super Kings3322110.774.40/0–––0

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 faced43.1%
Balls per four8.7
Balls per six23.6
Dot balls bowled22.2%
Balls per wicket36
Catches48
Run-outs1
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
2014M1₹2 crSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹5 cr
2015–₹50 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹3 cr
2018BA1₹2 crSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹2 cr
2022–₹50 lakhUnsold

Sources