IPL playerEngland2017 to 2022
Tymal Mills
On scorecards: TS Mills · Right-hand bat
Tymal Mills, a bowler, played two IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Tymal Mills arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹12.0 cr, against a base price of ₹50 lakh.
That first season brought 5 matches, 8 runs and 5 wickets at 8.58 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2022, for Mumbai Indians: 6 wickets at 11.18 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.36, with best figures of 3 for 35.
Franchise by franchise
2017, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2017 auction for ₹12.0 cr. 5 matches and 5 wickets.
2022, Mumbai Indians. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹1.5 cr. 5 matches and 6 wickets.
2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 11 wickets in 209 deliveries, at 9.85 runs an over against a league rate of 8.30 for the same seasons: 1.55 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
Tymal Mills went under the hammer six times, bought twice and left unsold four times. The highest price was ₹12.0 cr, paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017, more than 24 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹1.5 cr. Unsold in 2018, Tymal Mills was bought again in 2022 by Mumbai Indians.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Tymal Mills made 10 IPL appearances, the last for Mumbai Indians in 2022.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2.7 | 72.7 | 0/0 | 5 | 8.58 | 2/31 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 0 | 0* | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 6 | 11.18 | 3/35 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2017
- Mumbai Indians: 2022
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 78.6% |
| Balls per four | 14 |
| Balls per six | 14 |
| Dot balls bowled | 33% |
| Balls per wicket | 19 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹12.0 cr |
| 2018 | Fast Bowler | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2022 | FA3 | ₹1.0 cr | Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹1.5 cr |
| 2023 | FA4 | ₹2.0 cr | Unsold |
| 2024 | FA2 | ₹1.5 cr | Unsold |
| 2025 | FA9 | ₹2.0 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet