IPL playerWest Indies2019 to 2026
Shimron Hetmyer
On scorecards: SO Hetmyer · Right-hand bat
Shimron Hetmyer, a batter, has played eight IPL seasons for three franchises. In eight seasons the title has not yet come.
The arrival
Shimron Hetmyer arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹4.20 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.
That first season brought 5 matches and 90 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2022, for Rajasthan Royals: 314 runs at an average of 44.9, striking at 153.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 134.2, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 59 not out.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2021: 242 runs at a strike rate of 168.1, 41 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.
Franchise by franchise
2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2019 auction for ₹4.20 cr. 5 matches and 90 runs.
2020 to 2021, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹7.75 cr. 26 matches and 427 runs.
2022 to 2026, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹8.50 cr. 63 matches and 1,049 runs.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Rajasthan Royals, 2022 to 2026.
How the runs came
Across the career, Shimron Hetmyer has struck at 149.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 139.9, so Shimron Hetmyer has scored about 9 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 62% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 99 fours and 96 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 33.3% of the balls Shimron Hetmyer faced were dot balls, a lower share than 76% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 10.9 balls, the 16th-best rate in that group, and a four every 10.6.
The fielding record: 50 catches and 5 run-outs.
At the auction
Shimron Hetmyer has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹8.50 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2022, more than 5 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹4.20 cr in 2019, ₹8.50 cr by 2022.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Shimron Hetmyer has made 94 IPL appearances, the latest for Rajasthan Royals in 2026, and has won 3 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 90 | 75 | 18.0 | 123.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 12 | 185 | 45 | 23.1 | 148.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 7 | ||
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 242 | 53* | 34.6 | 168.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 314 | 59* | 44.9 | 153.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 299 | 56* | 37.4 | 151.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 113 | 27* | 22.6 | 163.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 245 | 52 | 22.3 | 145.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 13 | ||
| 2026 | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 78 | 22 | 13.0 | 113.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 5 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2019
- Delhi Capitals: 2020 to 2021
- Rajasthan Royals: 2022 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 33.3% |
| Balls per four | 10.6 |
| Balls per six | 10.9 |
| Catches | 50 |
| Run-outs | 5 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹4.20 cr |
| 2020 | BA2 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹7.75 cr |
| 2022 | BA1 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹8.50 cr |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet