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IPL playerSri Lanka2008

Nuwan Zoysa

On scorecards: DNT Zoysa · Right-hand bat

1
Seasons
3
Matches
11
Runs
SR 122.2
2
Wickets
econ 8.74
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2008 · Sources

Nuwan Zoysa, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Deccan Chargers, 2008: 3 matches, 11 runs, 2 wickets.

The arrival

Nuwan Zoysa arrived through the auction: Deccan Chargers paid ₹44 lakh (US$110k), against a base price of ₹40 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 3 matches, 11 runs and 2 wickets at 8.74 an over.

At the auction

Nuwan Zoysa went under the hammer once. The price was ₹44 lakh (US$110k), paid by Deccan Chargers in 2008.

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

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
2008Deccan Chargers31110*11.0122.20/028.741/300

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 four9
Balls per six9
Dot balls bowled36.4%
Balls per wicket33

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
2008Set H₹40 lakhSold to Deccan Chargers for ₹44 lakh (US$110k)

Sources