HOW THE IPL AUCTION WORKS

Build an IPL, BBL or global T20 franchise from the ground up in this cricket auction game. Auction an 18-man squad against a live salary cap, retain your core between seasons, and make in-game tactical calls: Power Surges, bowling changes, batting order, and pitch reads. Play a single Quick Play tournament with a fixed seed and a shareable result, or commit to Squad Mode, a multi-season franchise manager career where retention prices, transfer windows and club milestones carry across years. Every squad draws on real historical rosters, from the 2008 inaugural IPL season through the newest campaigns. No download and no account required to start; sign in to sync your career and rank on the global leaderboard.

GUIDES
CRICARCADE
IPL
Updates← IPL PLAYERS

IPL playerSri Lanka2011 to 2012

Nuwan Kulasekara

On scorecards: KMDN Kulasekara · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
5
Matches
5
Runs
SR 166.7
5
Wickets
econ 7.06
1
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2011 to 2012 · Sources

Nuwan Kulasekara, a bowler, played two IPL seasons, both with Chennai Super Kings. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Nuwan Kulasekara arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹45 lakh (US$100k), the base price. That debut came after going unsold twice (2009 and 2010).

That first season brought 1 match and 1 wicket, and ended with Chennai Super Kings as champions.

One franchise

Nuwan Kulasekara spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2011 to 2012. The club won the title with Nuwan Kulasekara in the side: 2011.

How the wickets came

The fielding record: 3 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Nuwan Kulasekara went under the hammer seven times, bought once and left unsold six times. The price was ₹45 lakh (US$100k), paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2011. Unsold in 2009, Nuwan Kulasekara was bought in 2011 by Chennai Super Kings.

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

The legacy

Nuwan Kulasekara made 5 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2012, 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
2011Chennai Super Kings10–––0/018.671/260Champions
2012Chennai Super Kings455*–166.70/046.712/1031

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 faced33.3%
Balls per four3
Balls per six3
Dot balls bowled44.1%
Balls per wicket20.4
Catches3
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
2009Fast Bowler₹48 lakhUnsold
2010Fast Bowler₹46 lakhUnsold
2011–₹45 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹45 lakh (US$100k)
2012Fast Bowler₹50 lakhUnsold
2013Fast Bowler₹54 lakhUnsold
2014Fast Bowler₹50 lakhUnsold
2016Fast Bowler₹50 lakhUnsold

Sources