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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2013

Sreesanth

On scorecards: S Sreesanth · Right-hand bat

5
Seasons
44
Matches
34
Runs
SR 65.4
40
Wickets
econ 7.93
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2013 · Sources

Sreesanth, a bowler, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

Sreesanth arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹2.50 cr (US$625k), against a base price of ₹80 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 15 matches and 19 wickets at 8.53 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.

The peak

The best season was 2008, for Kings XI Punjab: 19 wickets at 8.53 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.05, with best figures of 3 for 29.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2.50 cr. 28 matches and 28 wickets.

2011, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹4.05 cr. 9 matches and 7 wickets.

2013, Rajasthan Royals. Arrived outside the auction. 7 matches and 5 wickets.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2008 to 2010. 2012 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 40 wickets in 903 deliveries, at 7.93 runs an over against a league rate of 7.71 for the same seasons: 0.22 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

45.3% of the balls Sreesanth bowled were dots, a higher share than 99% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 22 balls.

The fielding record: 3 catches.

At the auction

Sreesanth went under the hammer four times, bought three times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹4.05 cr (US$900k), paid by Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011, more than 4 times the base price. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Rajasthan Royals in 2012.

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

The legacy

Sreesanth made 44 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2013, 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 Punjab1500*0.0–0/0198.533/2921
2009Kings XI Punjab754*–27.80/068.172/200
2010Kings XI Punjab62715*–128.60/039.472/240
2011Kochi Tuskers Kerala9110.511.10/076.312/101
2013Rajasthan Royals711*1.025.00/057.302/200

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 faced74.6%
Balls per four9.2
Balls per six55
Dot balls bowled45.3%
Balls per wicket22
Catches3
Run-outs0
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 D₹80 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹2.50 cr (US$625k)
2011–₹90 lakhSold to Kochi Tuskers Kerala for ₹4.05 cr (US$900k)
2012–₹2 crSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹2 cr (US$400k)
2022–₹50 lakhUnsold

Sources