IPL playerIndia2008 to 2013
Sachin Tendulkar
On scorecards: SR Tendulkar · Right-hand bat
Sachin Tendulkar, a batter, played six IPL seasons, all of them with Mumbai Indians. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Sachin Tendulkar was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Mumbai Indians outside the auction.
That first season brought 7 matches and 188 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2010, for Mumbai Indians: 618 runs at an average of 47.5, striking at 132.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 5 fifties, and a highest score of 89 not out. It came in a season as captain. There were two seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2010 and 2011).
One franchise
Sachin Tendulkar spent the whole IPL career with Mumbai Indians, from 2008 to 2013. Captain in four seasons (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). The club won the title with Sachin Tendulkar in the side: 2013.
How the runs came
Across the career, Sachin Tendulkar struck at 119.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.0, so Sachin Tendulkar scored about 3 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 58% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 296 fours and 29 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 39.7% of the balls Sachin Tendulkar faced were dot balls, a higher share than 81% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 67.2 balls, and a four every 6.6.
The fielding record: 23 catches and 3 run-outs.
The legacy
Sachin Tendulkar made 78 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2013, and won 8 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 188 | 65 | 31.3 | 106.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 6 | Captain | |
| 2009 | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 364 | 68 | 33.1 | 120.1 | 2/0 | 0 | 9.67 | - | 6 | 2 | Captain |
| 2010 | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 618 | 89* | 47.5 | 132.6 | 5/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | Captain |
| 2011 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 553 | 100* | 42.5 | 113.3 | 2/1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | Captain |
| 2012 | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 324 | 74 | 27.0 | 114.5 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 287 | 54 | 20.5 | 124.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | Champions |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2008 to 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 39.7% |
| Balls per four | 6.6 |
| Balls per six | 67.2 |
| Dot balls bowled | 11.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 36 |
| Catches | 23 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet