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Gautam Gambhir

Left-handed batter, age 45

−2.8

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 22 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 753rd of 1,072 rated batters, 70th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter and hard to get out.

89% range
−4.2 to −0.8
Likely rank
458th to 891st
Per 24 balls
−3.0
Whole career
−2.5
Run-outs, per match
+0.05
Balls
4,566
Last played
2018
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.

GambhirIPL average
Strike rate134153
Balls per dismissal2119
Boundary balls18%22%
Dot balls28%29%
Strike rate, powerplay138155
Strike rate, middle128145
Strike rate, death142167

−58 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 22 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−2.2
Middle−2.5
Death−6.1

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 3%
Gets out lesstop 4%
Scores faster once inbottom 50%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace13815720 balls
Left-arm pace13815420 balls
Off-spin12914724 balls
Left-arm spin12614223 balls
Wrist-spin12714621 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.

-300+30 2007: +7.5 per 24 over 612 balls 072008: −28.3 per 24 over 26 balls 082009: +1.9 per 24 over 674 balls 092010: +4.9 per 24 over 56 balls 102011: +4.2 per 24 over 419 balls 112012: +6.0 per 24 over 584 balls 122013: +4.8 per 24 over 343 balls 132014: −7.0 per 24 over 293 balls 142015: −3.8 per 24 over 395 balls 152016: −1.0 per 24 over 411 balls 162017: +0.7 per 24 over 500 balls 172018: −11.8 per 24 over 88 balls 18
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. 4(13)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2018-04-23−21.2
  2. 3(10)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2018-04-21−6.5
  3. 8(7)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2018-04-16−12.9
  4. 15(16)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2018-04-14−20.3
  5. 55(42)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2018-04-08+15.9
  6. 1(3)v Uttar Pradesh, Mushtaq Ali, 2018-01-25−9.6
  7. 21(21)v Tamil Nadu, Mushtaq Ali, 2018-01-21+1.3
  8. 30*(33)v Himachal, Mushtaq Ali, 2018-01-14−2.1
  9. 66(54)v Punjab, Mushtaq Ali, 2018-01-09−0.6
  10. 12(15)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2017-05-19−4.2

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. 72(54)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2010-03-13+61.3
  2. 93(51)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2012-04-28+53.8
  3. 60(39)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2013-04-16+52.1
  4. 49*(28)v South Africa, T20Is, 2012-03-30+37.0
  5. 63(52)v Australia, T20Is, 2007-10-20+35.7