T20 ratings Blast

Colin de Grandhomme

Batter and bowler, age 40

+0.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 12 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 105th of 1,072 rated batters, top 10%.

A big hitter, gets out more than most and scores at much the same pace from ball one. Adds most in the middle overs.

89% range
−0.3 to +1.3
Likely rank
70th to 249th
Per 24 balls
+0.9
Whole career
+0.8
Run-outs, per match
+0.01
Balls
1,695
Last played
2023
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

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In IPL numbers

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

GrandhommeIPL average
Strike rate164153
Balls per dismissal1519
Boundary balls24%22%
Dot balls28%29%
Strike rate, powerplay168155
Strike rate, middle158145
Strike rate, death170167

+17 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 12 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+1.2
Middle+1.3
Death−0.6

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 6%
Gets out lessbottom 22%
Scores faster once inbottom 1%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16515715 balls
Left-arm pace16115415 balls
Off-spin16714718 balls
Left-arm spin15214217 balls
Wrist-spin16514616 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

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.

-380+38 2011: −34.7 per 24 over 17 balls 112016: +6.9 per 24 over 34 balls 162017: −0.5 per 24 over 332 balls 172018: −2.4 per 24 over 316 balls 182019: −4.5 per 24 over 353 balls 192020: +1.0 per 24 over 32 balls 202021: +6.2 per 24 over 291 balls 212022: −1.1 per 24 over 211 balls 222023: +0.9 per 24 over 59 balls 23
SeasonInnsRunsBallsAvgSR4s6sDot %Win value

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.

CompetitionStrengthInnsRunsAvgSRWin value

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).

  1. 6(3)v Durham, Blast, 2023-06-18−0.1
  2. 5*(6)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2023-06-07+14.7
  3. 3(3)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2023-06-04−0.9
  4. 10*(10)v Durham, Blast, 2023-06-02−4.0
  5. 12(12)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2023-06-01−1.0
  6. 1(5)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2023-05-29−8.8
  7. 5*(3)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2023-05-27+1.4
  8. 19(17)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2023-05-20+1.1
  9. 1(2)v Desert Vipers, ILT20, 2023-02-12−5.0
  10. 10(5)v MI Emirates, ILT20, 2023-02-10+5.5

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.

  1. 66(34)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-25+54.4
  2. 53(29)v Auckland, Super Smash, 2021-12-17+35.1
  3. 86(45)v Central Districts, Super Smash, 2022-01-14+25.3
  4. 65*(28)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2017-07-23+22.9
  5. 50(28)v India, T20Is, 2019-02-08+19.5