IPL playerIndia2012 to 2019
Pawan Negi
On scorecards: P Negi · Right-hand bat
Pawan Negi, a bowler, played eight IPL seasons for three franchises. In eight seasons the title never came.
The arrival
Pawan Negi's first IPL season was 2012, with Delhi Daredevils, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 8 matches, 36 runs and 7 wickets at 6.91 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2017, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 16 wickets at 6.12 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.23, with best figures of 3 for 10.
Franchise by franchise
2012 to 2013, Delhi Daredevils. 9 matches and 7 wickets.
2014 to 2015, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹10 lakh. 12 matches, 116 runs and 6 wickets.
2016, Delhi Daredevils, second time round. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹8.50 cr. 8 matches and 1 wicket.
2017 to 2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹1 cr. 21 matches, 156 runs and 20 wickets.
4 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2017 to 2019.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 34 wickets in 716 deliveries, at 7.87 runs an over against a league rate of 8.08 for the same seasons: 0.21 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 18.
33.1% of the balls Pawan Negi bowled were dots, a lower share than 68% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.1 balls.
The fielding record: 16 catches and 5 run-outs.
At the auction
Pawan Negi went under the hammer seven times, bought five times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹8.50 cr, paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2016, more than 28 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2014, ₹50 lakh by 2021. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Pawan Negi made 50 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2019, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 36 | 14 | 18.0 | 124.1 | 0/0 | 7 | 6.91 | 4/18 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Delhi Daredevils | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 7.00 | - | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 10.71 | - | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 116 | 36 | 14.5 | 158.9 | 0/0 | 6 | 8.40 | 2/25 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 8 | 57 | 19* | 28.5 | 96.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 9.33 | 1/19 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 144 | 35 | 18.0 | 129.7 | 0/0 | 16 | 6.12 | 3/10 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 12.25 | 1/36 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2.3 | 75.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 9.13 | 2/21 | 3 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Daredevils: 2012 to 2013
- Chennai Super Kings: 2014 to 2015
- Delhi Daredevils: 2016
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2017 to 2019
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 38.8% |
| Balls per four | 10.7 |
| Balls per six | 18.1 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.1 |
| Catches | 16 |
| Run-outs | 5 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | USP1 | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹10 lakh |
| 2016 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹8.50 cr |
| 2017 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1 cr |
| 2018 | AL2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1 cr |
| 2021 | UAL2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹50 lakh |
| 2022 | – | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2023 | AL5 | ₹50 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