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IPL playerAustralia2008 to 2011

Shane Warne

On scorecards: SK Warne · Right-hand bat

4
Seasons
55
Matches
198
Runs
SR 92.5
57
Wickets
econ 7.27
1
Titles
4
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2011 · Sources

Shane Warne, a bowler, played four IPL seasons, all of them with Rajasthan Royals. One title came along the way, as captain.

The arrival

Shane Warne arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹1.80 cr (US$450k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 15 matches, 70 runs and 19 wickets at 7.77 an over, and ended with Rajasthan Royals as champions. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2008, for Rajasthan Royals: 19 wickets at 7.77 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.05, with best figures of 3 for 19. Rajasthan Royals won the title that year.

One franchise

Shane Warne spent the whole IPL career with Rajasthan Royals, from 2008 to 2011. Captain in four seasons (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). The club won the title with Shane Warne in the side: 2008.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 57 wickets in 1,194 deliveries, at 7.27 runs an over against a league rate of 7.69 for the same seasons: 0.42 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 21.

35.7% of the balls Shane Warne bowled were dots, a higher share than 57% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21 balls.

The fielding record: 11 catches and 3 run-outs.

At the auction

Shane Warne went under the hammer once. The price was ₹1.80 cr (US$450k), paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2008.

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

The legacy

Shane Warne made 55 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2011, and won 4 player-of-the-match awards.

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
2008Rajasthan Royals157022*14.0118.60/0197.773/193Captain, Champions
2009Rajasthan Royals1310834*15.493.10/0147.303/2451Captain
2010Rajasthan Royals141042.552.60/0117.624/2121Captain
2011Rajasthan Royals13105*5.050.00/0136.323/1612Captain

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 faced46.7%
Balls per four15.3
Balls per six35.7
Dot balls bowled35.7%
Balls per wicket21
Catches11
Run-outs3
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
2008Set A₹1.80 crSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.80 cr (US$450k)

Sources