Rilee Rossouw IPL Career

Rilee Rossouw is a professional South African cricketer who plays for the South African men's national team and Knights at the domestic level. Rossouw has played across many T20 leagues in the globe but has made limited participation in the Indian Premier League.

Roussouw was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 2011 auction but did not get a game in that season.

However, the Proteas batter was once again purchased by RCB in the 2014 IPL auction for INR 30 lakhs and played three games in the first season. In the next season in IPL 2015, Rossouw got only a few games with Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, David Wiese, and Mitchell Starc aRCB's top overseas picks. Rossouw's impressive return to international cricket helped him to pen a new deal with Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023.

Rilee Rossouw IPL teams from 2014-2023

Proteas batter’s IPL journey has been inconsistent since his first appearance in the auction in 2011 where RCB picked him but he didn’t get any games that season. Rilee was again bought by RCB in 2014 but this time he got featured in some matches, next year he got a couple of games too but hasn’t been seen for seven long years. Last year Rilee Rossouw returned to the IPL with the Delhi Capitals.

Rilee Rossouw IPL Auction Price

Rilee Rossouw’s name popped up in the 2011 IPL auction for the first time when Royal Challengers took the chance and added him to the squad for INR 16 lakh but didn’t get included in the XI. In 2014 he was added to the same team as a replacement for Nic Maddinson, after featuring in five games in two years he disappeared for seven years and came back in 2023.

Rilee Rossouw's IPL runs and stats

Left-handed Rilee Rossouw has played three seasons and 14 games in the IPL where he has scored 262 runs with an average of 21.83 and a strike rate of 136.46. He has one half-century which came last year against Punjab Kings.

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