IPL playerIndia2009 to 2013
PC Valthaty
Right-hand bat
PC Valthaty, a batter, played four IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
PC Valthaty's first IPL season was 2009, with Rajasthan Royals, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 2 matches and 6 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2011, for Kings XI Punjab: 463 runs at an average of 35.6, striking at 137.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.0, with 1 hundred and 2 fifties, and a highest score of 120 not out.
Franchise by franchise
2009, Rajasthan Royals. 2 matches and 6 runs.
2011 to 2013, Kings XI Punjab. Arrived outside the auction. 21 matches, 499 runs and 7 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2011 to 2013. 2010 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, PC Valthaty struck at 120.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 121.3, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 72% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 61 fours and 20 sixes.
With the ball, 7 wickets in 151 deliveries, at 8.15 runs an over against a league rate of 7.51 for the same seasons: 0.63 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 29.
The fielding record: 3 catches.
The legacy
PC Valthaty made 23 IPL appearances, the last for Kings XI Punjab in 2013, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Rajasthan Royals | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 463 | 120* | 35.6 | 137.0 | 2/1 | 7 | 7.82 | 4/29 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Kings XI Punjab | 6 | 30 | 13 | 5.0 | 58.8 | 0/0 | 0 | 16.00 | - | 1 | ||
| 2013 | Kings XI Punjab | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 35.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2009
- Kings XI Punjab: 2011 to 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 51.4% |
| Balls per four | 6.9 |
| Balls per six | 20.9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 29.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 21.6 |
| Catches | 3 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet