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IPL playerSri Lanka2009 to 2010

Thilan Thushara

On scorecards: T Thushara · Right-hand bat

2
Seasons
6
Matches
12
Runs
SR 66.7
8
Wickets
econ 7.05
1
Titles
0
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2009 to 2010 · Sources

Thilan Thushara, a bowler, played two IPL seasons, both with Chennai Super Kings. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Thilan Thushara arrived through the auction: Chennai Super Kings paid ₹67 lakh (US$140k), against a base price of ₹48 lakh.

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

The peak

The best season was 2010, for Chennai Super Kings: 5 wickets at 6.81 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.91, with best figures of 2 for 16. Chennai Super Kings won the title that year.

One franchise

Thilan Thushara spent the whole IPL career with Chennai Super Kings, from 2009 to 2010. The club won the title with Thilan Thushara in the side: 2010.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 8 wickets in 137 deliveries, at 7.05 runs an over against a league rate of 7.69 for the same seasons: 0.64 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.

The fielding record: 3 catches and 1 run-out.

At the auction

Thilan Thushara went under the hammer once. The price was ₹67 lakh (US$140k), paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2009.

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

The legacy

Thilan Thushara made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2010.

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
2009Chennai Super Kings221*2.028.60/037.502/281
2010Chennai Super Kings410810.090.90/056.812/162Champions

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 faced50%
Balls per four18
Balls per six18
Dot balls bowled42.2%
Balls per wicket16.9
Catches3
Run-outs1
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
2009–₹48 lakhSold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹67 lakh (US$140k)

Sources