IPL playerIndia2008 to 2011
S Sohal
Right-hand bat
S Sohal, a batter, played four IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
S Sohal was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Kings XI Punjab outside the auction.
That first season brought 2 matches and 4 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2011, for Deccan Chargers: 249 runs at an average of 24.9, striking at 130.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.0, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 62.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Kings XI Punjab. 11 matches and 119 runs.
2011, Deccan Chargers. Arrived outside the auction. 11 matches and 249 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2008 to 2010.
How the runs came
Across the career, S Sohal struck at 126.1. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 119.9, so S Sohal scored about 6 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 66% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 34 fours and 18 sixes.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
The legacy
S Sohal made 22 IPL appearances, the last for Deccan Chargers in 2011, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 115 | 43 | 14.4 | 123.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2010 | Kings XI Punjab | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Deccan Chargers | 11 | 249 | 62 | 24.9 | 130.4 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2008 to 2010
- Deccan Chargers: 2011
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 46.6% |
| Balls per four | 8.6 |
| Balls per six | 16.2 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet