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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2017

Praveen Kumar

On scorecards: P Kumar · Right-hand bat

10
Seasons
119
Matches
340
Runs
SR 108.3
90
Wickets
econ 7.73
0
Titles
2
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2017 · Sources

Praveen Kumar, a bowler, played ten IPL seasons for five franchises. In ten seasons the title never came.

The arrival

Praveen Kumar was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore outside the auction.

That first season brought 13 matches, 112 runs and 11 wickets at 8.19 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2009, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 13 wickets at 7.91 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28, with best figures of 3 for 30.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 38 matches, 181 runs and 34 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹3.60 cr. 44 matches, 109 runs and 31 wickets.

2014, Mumbai Indians. Arrived outside the auction. 3 matches and 3 wickets.

2015, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹2.20 cr. 12 matches and 7 wickets.

2016 to 2017, Gujarat Lions. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹3.50 cr. 22 matches and 15 wickets.

5 spells with five franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2008 to 2010.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 90 wickets in 2,525 deliveries, at 7.73 runs an over against a league rate of 7.78 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.

42.6% of the balls Praveen Kumar bowled were dots, a higher share than 93% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 28 balls.

The fielding record: 13 catches and 7 run-outs.

At the auction

Praveen Kumar went under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹3.60 cr (US$800k), paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2011, more than 4 times the base price.

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

The legacy

Praveen Kumar made 119 IPL appearances, the last for Gujarat Lions in 2017, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2008Royal Challengers Bangalore131123411.2114.30/0118.193/2321
2009Royal Challengers Bangalore136514*13.0141.30/0137.913/301
2010Royal Challengers Bangalore1243*2.050.00/0108.443/181
2011Kings XI Punjab132715*9.087.10/0107.502/192
2012Kings XI Punjab16351011.7116.70/096.892/151
2013Kings XI Punjab1547247.8120.50/0126.622/101
2014Mumbai Indians3111.050.00/036.502/310
2015Sunrisers Hyderabad1217125.768.00/079.142/353
2016Gujarat Lions1624156.092.30/097.792/1921
2017Gujarat Lions687*8.088.90/069.152/220

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 faced47.1%
Balls per four14.3
Balls per six18.5
Dot balls bowled42.6%
Balls per wicket28
Catches13
Run-outs7
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
2011–₹90 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹3.60 cr (US$800k)
2015–₹50 lakhSold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹2.20 cr
2016–₹50 lakhSold to Gujarat Lions for ₹3.50 cr

Sources