IPL playerIndia2013 to 2022
Siddarth Kaul
On scorecards: S Kaul · Right-hand bat
Siddarth Kaul, a bowler, played eight IPL seasons for three franchises. In eight seasons the title never came.
The arrival
Siddarth Kaul's first IPL season was 2013, with Delhi Daredevils, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 6 matches, 7 runs and 4 wickets at 7.79 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2018, for Sunrisers Hyderabad: 21 wickets at 8.27 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.50, with best figures of 3 for 23. Two seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2017 and 2018).
Franchise by franchise
2013 to 2014, Delhi Daredevils. 11 matches and 6 wickets.
2017 to 2021, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arrived outside the auction. 43 matches and 52 wickets.
2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹75 lakh. 1 match.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2017 to 2021. 2015 and 2016 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 58 wickets in 1,215 deliveries, at 8.59 runs an over against a league rate of 8.18 for the same seasons: 0.41 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 29.
32% of the balls Siddarth Kaul bowled were dots, a lower share than 83% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 20.8 balls.
The fielding record: 8 catches.
At the auction
Siddarth Kaul went under the hammer six times, bought four times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹3.80 cr, paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018, more than 12 times the base price. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Siddarth Kaul made 55 IPL appearances, the last for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Delhi Daredevils | 6 | 7 | 7* | – | 77.8 | 0/0 | 4 | 7.79 | 2/27 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Delhi Daredevils | 5 | 2 | 2* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 9.69 | 1/5 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 16 | 8.37 | 4/29 | 3 | ||
| 2018 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 0/0 | 21 | 8.27 | 3/23 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 6 | 8.85 | 2/34 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 15.36 | 2/64 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 8 | 7* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 7 | 8.19 | 2/31 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 10.75 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Daredevils: 2013 to 2014
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2017 to 2021
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2022
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 63.9% |
| Balls per four | 36 |
| Balls per six | 36 |
| Dot balls bowled | 32% |
| Balls per wicket | 20.8 |
| Catches | 8 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UFA1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹45 lakh |
| 2015 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | UFA1 | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹3.80 cr |
| 2022 | – | ₹75 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹75 lakh |
| 2024 | FA2 | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2025 | UFA7 | ₹40 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