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Sachithra Senanayake

On scorecards: SMSM Senanayake · Right-hand bat

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Seasons
8
Matches
10
Runs
SR 58.8
9
Wickets
econ 6.53
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Titles
0
Player of the match

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

Sachithra Senanayake, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2013: 8 matches, 10 runs, 9 wickets.

The arrival

Sachithra Senanayake arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹3.38 cr (US$625k), against a base price of ₹27 lakh.

That first season brought 8 matches, 10 runs and 9 wickets at 6.53 an over.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 9 wickets in 192 deliveries, at 6.53 runs an over against a league rate of 7.51 for the same seasons: 0.98 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

The fielding record: 2 catches.

At the auction

Sachithra Senanayake went under the hammer once. The price was ₹3.38 cr (US$625k), paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013, more than 12 times the base price.

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

The legacy

Sachithra Senanayake made 8 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders 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
2013Kolkata Knight Riders8107*10.058.80/096.532/262

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 faced41.2%
Balls per four17
Balls per six17
Dot balls bowled38%
Balls per wicket21.3
Catches2
Run-outs0
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
2013–₹27 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹3.38 cr (US$625k)

Sources