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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2019

Yusuf Pathan

On scorecards: YK Pathan · Right-hand bat

12
Seasons
174
Matches
3,222
Runs
SR 143.5
42
Wickets
econ 7.40
3
Titles
16
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2019 · Sources

Yusuf Pathan, an all-rounder, played twelve IPL seasons for three franchises. Three titles came along the way.

The arrival

Yusuf Pathan arrived through the auction: Rajasthan Royals paid ₹1.90 cr (US$475k), against a base price of ₹40 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 16 matches, 435 runs and 8 wickets at 8.17 an over, and ended with Rajasthan Royals as champions. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2008, for Rajasthan Royals: 435 runs at an average of 31.1, striking at 179.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.1, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 68. Rajasthan Royals won the title that year.

With the ball, the best season was 2011, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 13 wickets at 6.10 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.51, with best figures of 3 for 20.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 43 matches, 1,029 runs and 20 wickets; champions in 2008.

2011 to 2017, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹9.45 cr. 106 matches, 1,893 runs and 21 wickets; champions in 2012 and 2014.

2018 to 2019, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2018 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 25 matches, 300 runs and 1 wicket.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2011 to 2017.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Yusuf Pathan struck at 143.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 127.6, so Yusuf Pathan scored about 16 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 63% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 263 fours and 161 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34.8% of the balls Yusuf Pathan faced were dot balls, a lower share than 60% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 13.9 balls, and a four every 8.5.

With the ball, 42 wickets in 1,147 deliveries, at 7.40 runs an over against a league rate of 7.72 for the same seasons: 0.32 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.

34.3% of the balls Yusuf Pathan bowled were dots, a lower share than 55% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 27.3 balls.

The fielding record: 41 catches and 10 run-outs.

At the auction

Yusuf Pathan went under the hammer five times, bought four times and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹9.45 cr (US$2.10m), paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011, more than 7 times the base price.

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

The legacy

On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Yusuf Pathan finished 23rd for matches played and 10th for player-of-the-match awards.

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
2008Rajasthan Royals164356831.1179.04/088.173/2234Champions
2009Rajasthan Royals1326162*21.8139.61/076.943/3423
2010Rajasthan Royals1433310027.8165.71/157.242/982
2011Kolkata Knight Riders1528347*28.3140.80/0136.103/2042
2012Kolkata Knight Riders1719440*19.4114.80/038.272/1231Champions
2013Kolkata Knight Riders163327230.2138.31/018.111/941
2014Kolkata Knight Riders152687229.8162.41/0010.00-51Champions
2015Kolkata Knight Riders133125244.6135.11/029.702/403
2016Kolkata Knight Riders1536163*72.2145.63/015.501/632
2017Kolkata Knight Riders151435917.9124.31/0110.251/22
2018Sunrisers Hyderabad1526045*28.9130.00/017.001/143
2019Sunrisers Hyderabad104016*13.388.90/008.00-1

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 faced34.8%
Balls per four8.5
Balls per six13.9
Dot balls bowled34.3%
Balls per wicket27.3
Catches41
Run-outs10
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 F₹40 lakhSold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.90 cr (US$475k)
2011–₹1.35 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹9.45 cr (US$2.10m)
2014AL1₹2 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹3.25 cr
2018AL1₹75 lakhSold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.90 cr
2020All-rounder₹1 crUnsold

Sources