IPL playerPakistan2008
Umar Gul
Right-hand bat
Umar Gul, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008: 6 matches, 39 runs, 12 wickets.
The arrival
Umar Gul arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹60 lakh (US$150k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 6 matches, 39 runs and 12 wickets at 7.83 an over.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 12 wickets in 141 deliveries, at 7.83 runs an over against a league rate of 8.05 for the same seasons: 0.22 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 23.
The fielding record: 1 run-out.
At the auction
Umar Gul went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹60 lakh (US$150k), paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Umar Gul made 6 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 | 39 | 24 | 13.0 | 205.3 | 0/0 | 12 | 7.83 | 4/23 | 0 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2008
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 42.1% |
| Balls per four | 19 |
| Balls per six | 3.8 |
| Dot balls bowled | 37.8% |
| Balls per wicket | 11.3 |
| Catches | 0 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet