Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lanka·Batter·Age 49

Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast medium

IPL runs: 1,802
Average: 28.60
Strike rate: 123.3
Highest: 110

Overview

What the figures show

Six IPL seasons and 1,802 runs is the summary for Mahela Jayawardene, spread between 2008 and 2013. The biggest return came in 2010: 439 runs struck at 147.3 for Punjab Kings. The 110 made in 2010 is the highest score of that IPL career. Fifty has been passed eleven times, one of those going on to hundreds. Only most of the 182 batters with 300 IPL balls behind them score slower: the median is 135.37, this is 123.3. Fours and sixes account for roughly 57% of the total — 200 and 39 of them.

Club by club, the record reads Punjab Kings (2008–2010), Kochi Tuskers Kerala (2011) and Delhi Capitals (2012–2013). Most of the runs, 837 of them, came in the Punjab Kings years.

Indian Premier League

Season by season

Season	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s
2008	PBKS	12	5	179	45	25.60	136.6	15	7
2009	PBKS	10	4	219	52	36.50	132.7	17	7
2010	PBKS	13	3	439	110	43.90	147.3	55	11
2011	KTK	13	0	299	76	23.00	116.3	35	5
2012	DC	15	3	335	56	27.90	112.4	39	3
2013	DC	15	0	331	66	22.10	105.8	39	6
Total	6 seasons	78	15	1,802	110	28.60	123.3	200	39

Articles

Articles about Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene Captained the IPL's Worst Teams

Six seasons of captaining hopeless sides, and the coaching career that proved the tactics had been right all along.

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Questions

About Mahela Jayawardene

How many IPL runs has Mahela Jayawardene scored?

Mahela Jayawardene has scored 1,802 runs in the IPL across 6 seasons, averaging 28.6 at a strike rate of 123.26. The highest score is 110.

Which IPL teams has Mahela Jayawardene played for?

Mahela Jayawardene has appeared for Punjab Kings, Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

What is Mahela Jayawardene's playing style?

Mahela Jayawardene is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm fast medium, listed as a batter.

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How this page was worked out

Where these figures come from

Sources for this profile

IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.

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