IPL playerIndia2008 to 2011
VVS Laxman
Right-hand bat
VVS Laxman, a batter, played four IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
VVS Laxman was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Deccan Chargers outside the auction.
That first season brought 6 matches and 155 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2008, for Deccan Chargers: 155 runs at an average of 31.0, striking at 117.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.1, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 52.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Deccan Chargers. 17 matches and 238 runs; champions in 2009.
2011, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹1.8 cr. 3 matches and 44 runs.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Deccan Chargers, 2008 to 2010.
How the runs came
Across the career, VVS Laxman struck at 105.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.9, so VVS Laxman scored about 20 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 57% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 33 fours and 5 sixes.
The fielding record: 4 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
VVS Laxman went under the hammer twice, bought once and left unsold once. The price was ₹1.8 cr (US$400k), paid by Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
VVS Laxman made 20 IPL appearances, the last for Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deccan Chargers | 6 | 155 | 52 | 31.0 | 117.4 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 5 | 19 | 10 | 3.8 | 57.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | Champions | |
| 2010 | Deccan Chargers | 6 | 64 | 22 | 10.7 | 106.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2011 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | 3 | 44 | 36 | 14.7 | 104.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Deccan Chargers: 2008 to 2010
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 2011
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 44.6% |
| Balls per four | 8.1 |
| Balls per six | 53.4 |
| Catches | 4 |
| 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