IPL playerWest Indies2020
Sheldon Cottrell
On scorecards: SS Cottrell · Right-hand bat
Sheldon Cottrell, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Kings XI Punjab, 2020: 6 matches, 6 wickets.
The arrival
Sheldon Cottrell arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹8.5 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh. That debut came after going unsold twice (2014 and 2015).
That first season brought 6 matches and 6 wickets at 8.80 an over.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 6 wickets in 120 deliveries, at 8.80 runs an over against a league rate of 8.14 for the same seasons: 0.66 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
At the auction
Sheldon Cottrell went under the hammer five times, bought once and left unsold four times. The price was ₹8.5 cr, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2020, more than 17 times the base price. Unsold in 2014, Sheldon Cottrell was bought in 2020 by Kings XI Punjab.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Sheldon Cottrell made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Kings XI Punjab in 2020.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 6 | 8.80 | 2/17 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kings XI Punjab: 2020
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 100% |
| Balls per four | 2 |
| Balls per six | 2 |
| Dot balls bowled | 48.3% |
| Balls per wicket | 20 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Fast Bowler | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
| 2015 | Fast Bowler | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2020 | FA1 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹8.5 cr |
| 2021 | – | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2022 | – | ₹75 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