T20 ratings CSA T20

Dean Elgar

Left-handed batter, age 39

−3.5

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 20 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 830th of 1,072 rated batters, 77th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter, hard to get out and goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−5.3 to −1.6
Likely rank
544th to 945th
Per 24 balls
−4.2
Next season
−3.7
Next season, in the IPL
−3.8
Whole career
−2.9
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.55
Run-outs, per match
0.00
Balls
1,692
Last played
2025
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.

ElgarIPL average
Strike rate136153
Balls per dismissal1919
Boundary balls18%22%
Dot balls29%29%
Strike rate, powerplay133155
Strike rate, middle133145
Strike rate, death143167

−49 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 20 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−4.5
Middle−2.3
Death−6.3

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 11%
Gets out lesstop 15%
Scores faster once intop 11%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace13615719 balls
Left-arm pace13815419 balls
Off-spin13414722 balls
Left-arm spin13214221 balls
Wrist-spin13314619 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.

-180+18 2011: +12.7 per 24 over 37 balls 112012: +3.5 per 24 over 232 balls 122013: +3.0 per 24 over 176 balls 132014: +14.5 per 24 over 167 balls 142015: −7.3 per 24 over 22 balls 152017: +3.9 per 24 over 96 balls 172018: +13.0 per 24 over 153 balls 182019: +3.2 per 24 over 187 balls 192020: −7.5 per 24 over 128 balls 202022: −16.9 per 24 over 12 balls 222024: −2.1 per 24 over 258 balls 242025: +3.4 per 24 over 170 balls 25
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. 5(9)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2025-07-04 · replay−7.9
  2. 50(37)v Kent, Blast, 2025-06-20 · replay+3.5
  3. 20(15)v Middlesex, Blast, 2025-06-19 · replay+2.5
  4. 33(18)v Sussex, Blast, 2025-06-13 · scorecard+19.3
  5. 13(10)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-06-12 · replay−16.5
  6. 32(22)v Middlesex, Blast, 2025-06-08 · replay+15.3
  7. 32(21)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-06-06 · replay+7.4
  8. 50(37)v Somerset, Blast, 2025-06-01 · replay+5.8
  9. 0(1)v Hampshire, Blast, 2025-05-30 · replay−4.8
  10. 2(4)v Hampshire, Blast, 2024-07-19−18.9

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. 79*(52)v Jozi Stars, MSL, 2018-11-28+68.3
  2. 88*(60)v Paarl Rocks, MSL, 2019-11-17+56.3
  3. 72(48)v Cape Cobras, CSA T20, 2014-11-02+55.4
  4. 65*(64)v Knights, CSA T20, 2014-11-07+52.7
  5. 66(52)v Titans, CSA T20, 2014-01-19+34.9