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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2013

Rahul Dravid

On scorecards: R Dravid · Right-hand bat

6
Seasons
89
Matches
2,174
Runs
SR 115.5
0
Wickets
0
Titles
2
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2013 · Sources

Rahul Dravid, a batter, played six IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

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

That first season brought 14 matches and 371 runs.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2013, for Rajasthan Royals: 471 runs at an average of 29.4, striking at 110.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.5, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 65. It came in a season as captain. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2012 and 2013).

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 43 matches and 898 runs.

2011 to 2013, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹2.25 cr. 46 matches and 1,276 runs; captain in 2012 and 2013.

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

How the runs came

Across the career, Rahul Dravid struck at 115.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.1, so Rahul Dravid scored about 8 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 57% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 269 fours and 28 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 41.5% of the balls Rahul Dravid faced were dot balls, a higher share than 84% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 67.2 balls, and a four every 7.

The fielding record: 18 catches and 8 run-outs.

At the auction

Rahul Dravid went under the hammer once. The price was ₹2.25 cr (US$500k), paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2011.

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

The legacy

Rahul Dravid made 89 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2013, 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 Bangalore1437175*28.5124.52/0–––2
2009Royal Challengers Bangalore132716622.6115.81/0–––21
2010Royal Challengers Bangalore162565228.4128.61/0–––4
2011Rajasthan Royals123436631.2109.21/0–––2
2012Rajasthan Royals164625828.9112.12/0–––5Captain
2013Rajasthan Royals184716529.4110.84/0–––31Captain

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 faced41.5%
Balls per four7
Balls per six67.2
Catches18
Run-outs8
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–₹1.80 crSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.25 cr (US$500k)

Sources