IPL playerWest Indies2022
Odean Smith
On scorecards: OF Smith · Right-hand bat
Odean Smith, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Punjab Kings, 2022: 6 matches, 51 runs, 6 wickets.
The arrival
Odean Smith arrived through the auction: Punjab Kings paid ₹6.0 cr, against a base price of ₹1.0 cr.
That first season brought 6 matches, 51 runs and 6 wickets at 11.74 an over.
How the wickets came
The fielding record: 2 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Odean Smith went under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹6.0 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2022, more than 6 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2023, cost ₹50 lakh. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Gujarat Titans in 2023.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Odean Smith made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Punjab Kings in 2022, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 6 | 51 | 25* | 17.0 | 115.9 | 0/0 | 6 | 11.74 | 4/30 | 2 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Punjab Kings: 2022
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 52.3% |
| Balls per four | 44 |
| Balls per six | 8.8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 38.9% |
| Balls per wicket | 15 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | AL2 | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹6.0 cr |
| 2023 | AL1 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹50 lakh |
| 2024 | AL2 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | AL10 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet