Azhar Mahmood

Batter and bowler, age 51

+0.4

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.8 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 136th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 15%.

Hard to score off. Adds most in the middle overs.

89% range: −1.0 to +1.6
Likely rank: 48th to 448th
Per 24 balls: +0.4
Whole career: +1.1
Run-outs, per match: 0.00
No-balls (0.85 per 100 balls), per 24: −0.32
Balls: 1,912
Last played: 2016

Where he sits among 1,127 rated bowlers

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In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

	Mahmood	IPL average
Economy	9.4	9.5
Balls per wicket	20	20
Dot balls	29%	29%
Economy, powerplay	9.5	9.6
Economy, middle	8.9	9.0
Economy, death	10.3	10.4

Saves 0.4 runs a match against an average IPL bowler. Runs only; the rating also counts his wickets.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay+0.8

Middle+0.6

Death+0.8

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 33%

Hard to score offtop 12%

Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 33%

Bowling the 19th, defending 24 off 12

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average bowler in his place. Each line is one finish, ball by ball, from 24 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

Season	Matches	Overs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	SR	Dot %	Win value
2011	5	16.0	4	33	8.2	24	41.7	−1.8
2012	31	114.2	41	20.1	7.2	16.7	39.9	+5.5
2013	17	65.2	22	22.9	7.7	17.8	37.5	+0.1
2014	15	57.2	16	27.4	7.7	21.5	36	+1.5
2015	12	41.2	10	33.4	8.1	24.8	41.9	−1.4
2016	4	15.4	7	19.9	8.9	13.4	34	−12.9

By competition

Strength: a typical bowler there against a typical IPL bowler, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

Competition	Strength	Matches	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Win value
Blast	−2.2	28	32	25.4	7.8	−1.2
IPL	0	23	29	24.1	7.8	+1.7
BPL	−2.2	17	23	18	7.1	+6.4
CSA T20	−2.3	11	11	28.4	7.5	+0.7
PSL	+0.1	2	1	57	8.1	−2.8
BBL	−0.8	2	2	18	6	+3.6
CPL	−1.3	1	2	18.5	10.6	0.0

Last 10 matches

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

1/30(4.0)v Kent, Blast, 2016-07-29+2.6
1/28(4.0)v Sussex, Blast, 2016-07-22+6.0
1/43(4.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2016-07-21−32.4
4/38(3.4)v Essex, Blast, 2016-05-20−30.2
0/35(3.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2016-02-17−12.0
1/22(4.0)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2016-02-14+6.9
2/40(4.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2015-07-23−7.8
1/31(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2015-07-17+2.8
2/21(4.0)v Hampshire, Blast, 2015-07-10+6.3
0/9(2.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2015-07-03+0.4

His biggest spells, by win chance added

Not the most runs or wickets: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

2/20(4.0)v Duronto Rajshahi, BPL, 2013-02-02+61.3
3/21(4.0)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2013-04-16+48.6
3/25(4.0)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2012-04-28+40.1
3/14(4.0)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2015-06-26+31.7
3/20(4.0)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2012-05-02+17.3

Plays most like him

Nahid RanaBPL+0.1 Fawad AhmedBBL+1.1 Chetan SakariyaMushtaq Ali−0.1 Akeal HoseinCPL+0.1 Jacques KallisIPL+0.9

Head to head with Harshit Rana See him in the Blast chart on the globe

−0.8

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 13 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 320th of 1,072 rated batters, top 30%.

Close to average in all three ways.

89% range: −1.9 to +0.2
Likely rank: 152nd to 575th
Per 24 balls: −1.4
Whole career: −0.8
Run-outs, per match: 0.00
Balls: 1,050
Last played: 2016

Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

Each dot is a rated batter, by rating per innings. Tap anywhere on the line to zoom in and see who is who.

In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

	Mahmood	IPL average
Strike rate	149	153
Balls per dismissal	18	19
Boundary balls	22%	22%
Dot balls	30%	29%
Strike rate, powerplay	149	155
Strike rate, middle	144	145
Strike rate, death	162	167

−7 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 13 balls an innings. Runs only; the rating also counts what his wickets cost.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay−1.7

Middle−0.9

Death−2.0

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 39%

Gets out lesstop 30%

Scores faster once intop 43%

Against each kind of bowler

	Strike rate	IPL average	Out every
Right-arm pace	151	157	18 balls
Left-arm pace	151	154	18 balls
Off-spin	143	147	21 balls
Left-arm spin	147	142	20 balls
Wrist-spin	142	146	18 balls

Walking in at 40 needed off 18, six down

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average batter in his place. Each line is one chase, ball by ball, from 40 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Season	Inns	Runs	Balls	Avg	SR	4s	6s	Dot %	Win value
2011	5	124	89	41.3	139.3	13	5	38.2	−0.1
2012	29	542	436	21.7	124.3	48	19	37.6	+1.4
2013	16	275	219	19.6	125.6	28	6	34.7	−2.0
2014	12	185	148	23.1	125	16	5	29.7	+3.4
2015	9	124	95	20.7	130.5	12	5	38.9	+22.1
2016	3	45	28	22.5	160.7	4	2	21.4	+8.7

By competition

Strength: a typical batter there against a typical IPL batter, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

Competition	Strength	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	Win value
BPL	−3.1	17	400	30.8	131.6	+0.7
IPL	0	21	388	20.4	128.1	−0.6
Blast	−2.5	21	334	22.3	132.5	+11.8
CSA T20	−2.7	10	143	17.9	112.6	+1.6
PSL	−1.5	2	14	–	116.7	+13.0
BBL	−1.4	2	2	1	20	−39.0
CPL	−1.1	1	14	14	200	+8.4

Last 10 innings

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

3*(3)v Middlesex, Blast, 2016-07-21−1.0
0(3)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2016-05-26−4.5
42(22)v Essex, Blast, 2016-05-20+17.1
12*(9)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2016-02-17+7.2
2*(3)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2016-02-14−0.7
2(6)v Middlesex, Blast, 2015-07-23−1.5
34(24)v Hampshire, Blast, 2015-07-10+0.7
22*(14)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2015-07-01+99.7
8(7)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2015-06-26−2.6
20(18)v Essex, Blast, 2015-06-05−0.4

His biggest innings, by win chance added

Not the most runs: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

22*(14)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2015-07-01+99.7
36*(16)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2014-07-11+34.1
80(44)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2013-05-18+27.8
57(34)v Duronto Rajshahi, BPL, 2013-02-02+21.4
42(22)v Essex, Blast, 2016-05-20+17.1

Plays most like him

Michael CarberryBlast−1.6 Fakhar ZamanPSL−1.1 Theunis de BruynCSA T20−0.9 Chamika KarunaratneLPL−1.0 Mahidul Islam AnkonBPL−1.0

Head to head with Alzarri Joseph See him in the Blast chart on the globe