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IPL playerIndia2008 to 2017

Zaheer Khan

On scorecards: Z Khan · Right-hand bat

10
Seasons
99
Matches
117
Runs
SR 83.0
102
Wickets
econ 7.58
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2017 · Sources

Zaheer Khan, a bowler, played ten IPL seasons for three franchises. In ten seasons the title never came.

The arrival

Zaheer Khan arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹1.80 cr (US$450k), against a base price of ₹80 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 11 matches, 34 runs and 13 wickets at 8.50 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2012, for Royal Challengers Bangalore: 17 wickets at 7.55 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 3 for 38. Two seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2010 and 2012).

Franchise by franchise

2008, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹1.80 cr. 11 matches and 13 wickets.

2009 to 2010, Mumbai Indians. Arrived outside the auction. 20 matches and 21 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore, second time round. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹4.05 cr. 32 matches and 36 wickets.

2014, Mumbai Indians, second time round. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹2.60 cr. 6 matches and 5 wickets.

2015 to 2017, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2015 auction for ₹4 cr. 30 matches and 27 wickets.

5 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2011 to 2013.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 102 wickets in 2,202 deliveries, at 7.58 runs an over against a league rate of 7.86 for the same seasons: 0.28 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 17.

39.7% of the balls Zaheer Khan bowled were dots, a higher share than 80% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 21.6 balls.

The fielding record: 20 catches and 6 run-outs.

At the auction

Zaheer Khan went under the hammer four times. The highest price was ₹4.05 cr (US$900k), paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.80 cr in 2008, ₹4 cr by 2015.

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

The legacy

Zaheer Khan made 99 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2017, 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
2008Royal Challengers Bangalore113417*8.579.10/0138.503/381
2009Mumbai Indians684*8.072.70/066.713/312
2010Mumbai Indians142423*24.0184.60/0157.753/214
2011Royal Challengers Bangalore15212110.587.50/0147.713/324
2012Royal Challengers Bangalore151211*6.070.60/0177.553/385
2013Royal Challengers Bangalore20–––0/057.834/170
2014Mumbai Indians687*8.0114.30/056.542/210
2015Delhi Daredevils70–––0/076.462/901
2016Delhi Daredevils12643.046.10/0107.723/210
2017Delhi Daredevils11424.030.80/0107.793/204

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 faced52.5%
Balls per four12.8
Balls per six70.5
Dot balls bowled39.7%
Balls per wicket21.6
Catches20
Run-outs6
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 Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹1.80 cr (US$450k)
2011–₹1.35 crSold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹4.05 cr (US$900k)
2014M2₹1 crSold to Mumbai Indians for ₹2.60 cr
2015–₹1 crSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹4 cr

Sources