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IPL playerIndia2010 to 2014

Rahul Sharma

On scorecards: R Sharma · Right-hand bat

5
Seasons
44
Matches
66
Runs
SR 88.0
40
Wickets
econ 7.02
0
Titles
2
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2010 to 2014 · Sources

Rahul Sharma, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Rahul Sharma's first IPL season was 2010, with Deccan Chargers, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 6 matches, 29 runs and 5 wickets at 8.08 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2011, for Pune Warriors: 16 wickets at 5.46 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 13.

Franchise by franchise

2010, Deccan Chargers. 6 matches and 5 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Pune Warriors. Arrived outside the auction. 36 matches and 34 wickets.

2014, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 2 matches and 1 wicket.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Pune Warriors, 2011 to 2013.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 40 wickets in 928 deliveries, at 7.02 runs an over against a league rate of 7.61 for the same seasons: 0.59 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

36% of the balls Rahul Sharma bowled were dots, a higher share than 60% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 23.2 balls.

The fielding record: 10 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Rahul Sharma went under the hammer four times, bought twice and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹1.90 cr, paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2014, more than 3 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2015, cost ₹30 lakh. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Chennai Super Kings in 2015.

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

The legacy

Rahul Sharma made 44 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2014, 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
2010Deccan Chargers62914*9.7111.50/058.082/420
2011Pune Warriors1424138.0114.30/0165.463/1362
2012Pune Warriors11220.718.20/098.112/162
2013Pune Warriors111110*2.864.70/096.852/162
2014Delhi Daredevils20–––0/0110.831/330

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 faced61.3%
Balls per four15
Balls per six25
Dot balls bowled36%
Balls per wicket23.2
Catches10
Run-outs1
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
2014SP1₹50 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹1.90 cr
2015–₹30 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹30 lakh
2021–₹50 lakhUnsold
2022–₹50 lakhUnsold

Sources