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Simon Katich

On scorecards: SM Katich · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
11
Matches
241
Runs
SR 129.5
0
Wickets
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2009 · Sources

Simon Katich, a batter, played two IPL seasons, both with Kings XI Punjab.

The arrival

Simon Katich arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹80 lakh (US$200k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 2 matches and 96 runs.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2009, for Kings XI Punjab: 145 runs at an average of 16.1, striking at 123.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 116.9, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 50.

One franchise

Simon Katich spent the whole IPL career with Kings XI Punjab, from 2008 to 2009.

How the runs came

Across the career, Simon Katich struck at 129.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 121.4, so Simon Katich scored about 8 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 63% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 26 fours and 8 sixes.

The fielding record: 2 catches and 2 run-outs.

At the auction

Simon Katich went under the hammer once. The price was ₹80 lakh (US$200k), paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2008.

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

The legacy

Simon Katich made 11 IPL appearances, the last for Kings XI Punjab in 2009, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.

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
2008Kings XI Punjab2967596.0139.11/0–––01
2009Kings XI Punjab91455016.1123.91/0–––2

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 faced43%
Balls per four7.2
Balls per six23.3
Catches2
Run-outs2
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 G₹80 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹80 lakh (US$200k)

Sources