IPL playerIndia2008 to 2013
SK Trivedi
Right-hand bat
SK Trivedi, a bowler, played six IPL seasons, all of them with Rajasthan Royals. One title came along the way.
The arrival
SK Trivedi was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Rajasthan Royals outside the auction.
That first season brought 15 matches, 5 runs and 13 wickets at 8.28 an over, and ended with Rajasthan Royals as champions. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2012, for Rajasthan Royals: 13 wickets at 7.24 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 4 for 25.
One franchise
SK Trivedi spent the whole IPL career with Rajasthan Royals, from 2008 to 2013. The club won the title with SK Trivedi in the side: 2008.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 65 wickets in 1,515 deliveries, at 7.54 runs an over against a league rate of 7.68 for the same seasons, right on the going rate. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 25.
32.7% of the balls SK Trivedi bowled were dots, a lower share than 71% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 23.2 balls.
The fielding record: 12 catches and 4 run-outs.
The legacy
SK Trivedi made 76 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2013, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | 15 | 5 | 3* | 5.0 | 41.7 | 0/0 | 13 | 8.28 | 2/25 | 2 | Champions | |
| 2009 | Rajasthan Royals | 7 | 9 | 6* | 4.5 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 6 | 7.54 | 2/19 | 2 | ||
| 2010 | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 20 | 9 | 10.0 | 142.9 | 0/0 | 11 | 7.29 | 3/16 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 10 | 8.38 | 3/15 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 5* | – | 83.3 | 0/0 | 13 | 7.24 | 4/25 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | Rajasthan Royals | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 42.9 | 0/0 | 12 | 6.85 | 3/23 | 4 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Rajasthan Royals: 2008 to 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 57.6% |
| Balls per four | 19.7 |
| Balls per six | 59 |
| Dot balls bowled | 32.7% |
| Balls per wicket | 23.2 |
| Catches | 12 |
| Run-outs | 4 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet