IPL playerSouth Africa2014 to 2024
Rilee Rossouw
On scorecards: RR Rossouw · Right-hand bat
Rilee Rossouw, a batter, played four IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Rilee Rossouw's first IPL season was 2014, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 3 matches and 39 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2024, for Punjab Kings: 211 runs at an average of 26.4, striking at 181.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 150.6, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 61.
Franchise by franchise
2014 to 2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 5 matches and 53 runs.
2023, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2023 auction for ₹4.60 cr. 9 matches and 209 runs.
2024, Punjab Kings. Bought at the 2024 auction for ₹8 cr. 8 matches and 211 runs.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2014 to 2015. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Rilee Rossouw struck at 153.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 143.2, so Rilee Rossouw scored about 10 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 70% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 45 fours and 25 sixes.
The fielding record: 10 catches.
At the auction
Rilee Rossouw went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹8 cr, paid by Punjab Kings in 2024, more than 4 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹9 lakh in 2011, ₹8 cr by 2024. Unsold in 2019, Rilee Rossouw was bought again in 2023 by Delhi Capitals. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Rilee Rossouw made 22 IPL appearances, the last for Punjab Kings in 2024, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 39 | 24 | 13.0 | 95.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7.0 | 140.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | 9 | 209 | 82* | 29.9 | 148.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 211 | 61 | 26.4 | 181.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 4 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2014 to 2015
- Delhi Capitals: 2023
- Punjab Kings: 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.3% |
| Balls per four | 6.8 |
| Balls per six | 12.3 |
| Catches | 10 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | – | ₹9 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹9 lakh (US$20k) |
| 2019 | Batter | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2023 | – | ₹2 cr | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹4.60 cr |
| 2024 | – | ₹2 cr | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹8 cr |
| 2025 | BA3 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet