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IPL playerSouth Africa2008

Shaun Pollock

On scorecards: SM Pollock · Right-hand bat

1
Seasons
13
Matches
147
Runs
SR 132.4
11
Wickets
econ 6.54
0
Titles
2
Player of the match

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

Shaun Pollock, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Mumbai Indians, 2008: 13 matches, 147 runs, 11 wickets.

The arrival

Shaun Pollock arrived through the auction: Mumbai Indians paid ₹2.20 cr (US$550k), against a base price of ₹80 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 13 matches, 147 runs and 11 wickets at 6.54 an over.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 11 wickets in 276 deliveries, at 6.54 runs an over against a league rate of 8.05 for the same seasons: 1.51 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

The fielding record: 2 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Shaun Pollock went under the hammer once. The price was ₹2.20 cr (US$550k), paid by Mumbai Indians in 2008.

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

The legacy

Shaun Pollock made 13 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2008, and won 2 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
2008Mumbai Indians131473318.4132.40/0116.543/1222

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 faced37.8%
Balls per four9.3
Balls per six13.9
Dot balls bowled47.1%
Balls per wicket25.1
Catches2
Run-outs1
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 F₹80 lakhSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹2.20 cr (US$550k)

Sources