IPL playerIndia2008 to 2021
Saurabh Tiwary
On scorecards: SS Tiwary · Right-hand bat
Saurabh Tiwary, a batter, played eleven IPL seasons for four franchises. Two titles came along the way.
The arrival
Saurabh Tiwary was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Mumbai Indians outside the auction.
That first season brought 3 matches and 26 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2010, for Mumbai Indians: 419 runs at an average of 29.9, striking at 135.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 61.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Mumbai Indians. 23 matches and 458 runs.
2011 to 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹7.20 cr. 39 matches and 487 runs.
2015, Delhi Daredevils. Arrived outside the auction. 7 matches and 109 runs.
2016, Rising Pune Supergiants. Arrived outside the auction. 10 matches and 170 runs.
2017 to 2021, Mumbai Indians, second time round. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹30 lakh. 13 matches and 270 runs; champions in 2017 and 2020.
5 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Mumbai Indians, 2017 to 2021. 2014, 2018 and 2019 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Saurabh Tiwary struck at 120.1. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.5, so Saurabh Tiwary scored about 6 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 50% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 111 fours and 50 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34.4% of the balls Saurabh Tiwary faced were dot balls, a lower share than 64% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 24.9 balls, and a four every 11.2.
The fielding record: 25 catches and 5 run-outs.
At the auction
Saurabh Tiwary went under the hammer seven times, bought five times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹7.20 cr (US$1.60m), paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011, more than 16 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2020, cost ₹50 lakh. Unsold in 2019, Saurabh Tiwary was bought again in 2020 by Mumbai Indians. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Delhi Daredevils in 2014 and Mumbai Indians in 2018.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Saurabh Tiwary made 92 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2021.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13.0 | 130.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2009 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 13 | 6* | 13.0 | 108.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 419 | 61 | 29.9 | 135.6 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 16 | 187 | 42* | 23.4 | 99.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 191 | 36* | 23.9 | 112.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 | 109 | 52 | 27.3 | 102.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2015 | Delhi Daredevils | 7 | 109 | 28* | – | 139.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 5 | ||
| 2016 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 10 | 170 | 57 | 24.3 | 120.6 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 52 | 52 | 52.0 | 120.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | Champions | |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 103 | 42 | 20.6 | 128.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | Champions | |
| 2021 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 115 | 50* | 57.5 | 118.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2008 to 2010
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2011 to 2013
- Delhi Daredevils: 2015
- Rising Pune Supergiants: 2016
- Mumbai Indians: 2017 to 2021
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 34.4% |
| Balls per four | 11.2 |
| Balls per six | 24.9 |
| Catches | 25 |
| Run-outs | 5 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | – | ₹45 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹7.20 cr (US$1.60m) |
| 2014 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹70 lakh |
| 2017 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh |
| 2018 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹80 lakh |
| 2019 | Batter | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2020 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹50 lakh |
| 2022 | – | ₹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