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IPL playerPakistan2008

Shoaib Akhtar

Right-hand bat

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Seasons
3
Matches
2
Runs
SR 28.6
5
Wickets
econ 7.71
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Titles
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Player of the match

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

Shoaib Akhtar spent a single IPL season with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008: 3 matches, 2 runs, 5 wickets.

The arrival

Shoaib Akhtar arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹1.70 cr (US$425k), against a base price of ₹1 cr, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 3 matches, 2 runs and 5 wickets.

At the auction

Shoaib Akhtar went under the hammer once. The price was ₹1.70 cr (US$425k), paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.

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

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
2008Kolkata Knight Riders3222.028.60/057.714/1101

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 faced71.4%
Balls per four7
Balls per six7
Dot balls bowled54.8%
Balls per wicket8.4

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 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.70 cr (US$425k)

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