IPL playerNew Zealand2008 to 2014
Ross Taylor
On scorecards: LRPL Taylor · Right-hand bat
Ross Taylor, a batter, played seven IPL seasons for four franchises.
The arrival
Ross Taylor arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹40 lakh (US$100k), at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 4 matches and 149 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2009, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 280 runs at an average of 31.1, striking at 134.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 116.9, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 81 not out.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹40 lakh. 22 matches and 517 runs.
2011, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹4.50 cr. 12 matches and 181 runs.
2012, Delhi Daredevils. Arrived outside the auction. 12 matches and 197 runs.
2013, Pune Warriors. Arrived outside the auction. 5 matches and 63 runs.
2014, Delhi Daredevils, second time round. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹2 cr. 4 matches and 59 runs.
5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2008 to 2010.
How the runs came
Across the career, Ross Taylor struck at 123.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 122.5, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 53% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 66 fours and 46 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 37.4% of the balls Ross Taylor faced were dot balls, a higher share than 63% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 17.9 balls, and a four every 12.5.
The fielding record: 18 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Ross Taylor went under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹4.50 cr (US$1.00m), paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2011. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹40 lakh in 2008, ₹2 cr by 2014.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Ross Taylor made 55 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2014, and won 3 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 4 | 149 | 53 | 37.3 | 183.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 11 | 280 | 81* | 31.1 | 134.6 | 1/0 | 0 | 13.00 | - | 3 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 88 | 31* | 22.0 | 117.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2011 | Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 181 | 47* | 36.2 | 119.1 | 0/0 | 0 | 11.00 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Delhi Daredevils | 12 | 197 | 55 | 19.7 | 115.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2013 | Pune Warriors | 5 | 63 | 19 | 12.6 | 82.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | 4 | 59 | 43* | 19.7 | 100.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2008 to 2010
- Rajasthan Royals: 2011
- Delhi Daredevils: 2012
- Pune Warriors: 2013
- Delhi Daredevils: 2014
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 37.4% |
| Balls per four | 12.5 |
| Balls per six | 17.9 |
| Dot balls bowled | 0% |
| Balls per wicket | 12 |
| Catches | 18 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Auction-2 | – | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹40 lakh (US$100k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹1.80 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹4.50 cr (US$1.00m) |
| 2014 | BA1 | ₹2 cr | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹2 cr |
| 2015 | Batter | ₹1 cr | Unsold |
| 2017 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet