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Roelof van der Merwe

On scorecards: RE van der Merwe · Right-hand bat

5
Seasons
21
Matches
159
Runs
SR 112.8
21
Wickets
econ 6.74
0
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2009 to 2013 · Sources

Roelof van der Merwe, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for two franchises.

The arrival

Roelof van der Merwe's first IPL season was 2009, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a signing made outside the auction.

That first season brought 10 matches, 122 runs and 9 wickets at 7.29 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2009, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 9 wickets at 7.29 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28, with best figures of 2 for 22.

Franchise by franchise

2009 to 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. 11 matches, 123 runs and 11 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹23 lakh. 10 matches and 10 wickets.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2011 to 2013.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 21 wickets in 443 deliveries, at 6.74 runs an over against a league rate of 7.44 for the same seasons: 0.70 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

The fielding record: 6 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Roelof van der Merwe went under the hammer once. The price was ₹23 lakh (US$50k), paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2011.

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

The legacy

Roelof van der Merwe made 21 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2013.

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
2009Royal Challengers Bangalore101223515.3124.50/097.292/223
2010Royal Challengers Bangalore1111.050.00/026.752/270
2011Delhi Daredevils4148*–87.50/056.203/202
2012Delhi Daredevils30–––0/026.002/281
2013Delhi Daredevils3221411.088.00/036.451/170

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 faced44.7%
Balls per four12.8
Balls per six17.6
Dot balls bowled33.4%
Balls per wicket21.1
Catches6
Run-outs2
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–₹23 lakhSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹23 lakh (US$50k)

Sources