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Ishant Sharma

Right-arm fast-medium bowler, age 38

+0.6

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.1 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 114th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 15%.

Hard to score off. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−0.6 to +1.9
Likely rank
38th to 370th
Per 24 balls
+0.8
Next season
+0.9
Whole career
+0.4
Run-outs, per match
+0.13
Balls
3,221
Last played
2025
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.

SharmaIPL average
Economy9.39.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls30%29%
Economy, powerplay9.29.6
Economy, middle8.99.0
Economy, death10.210.4

Saves 0.7 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+1.5
Middle+0.3
Death+0.9

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 34%
Hard to score offtop 4%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 32%

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.

-120+12 2007: +1.7 per 24 over 261 balls 072008: −6.4 per 24 over 60 balls 2009: −6.4 per 24 over 546 balls 092011: +0.7 per 24 over 264 balls 2012: −1.1 per 24 over 48 balls 122013: −1.9 per 24 over 382 balls 2014: −11.3 per 24 over 66 balls 142015: −1.6 per 24 over 84 balls 2016: −5.0 per 24 over 90 balls 162017: −5.6 per 24 over 108 balls 2018: −1.2 per 24 over 138 balls 182019: +3.4 per 24 over 276 balls 2020: +0.3 per 24 over 103 balls 202021: +0.2 per 24 over 72 balls 2022: +3.9 per 24 over 48 balls 222023: +10.9 per 24 over 210 balls 2024: +5.3 per 24 over 198 balls 242025: −4.2 per 24 over 110 balls
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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.

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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. 1/35(3.2)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2025-05-02 · replay+8.7
  2. 0/36(2.0)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2025-04-28 · replay+3.7
  3. 1/18(2.0)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2025-04-21 · replay+2.7
  4. 1/19(3.0)v Delhi Capitals, IPL, 2025-04-19 · replay+4.3
  5. 0/53(4.0)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2025-04-06 · replay−28.7
  6. 1/27(2.0)v Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL, 2025-04-02 · replay−10.2
  7. 0/17(2.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2025-03-29 · replay−0.9
  8. 2/12(3.0)v Madhya Pradesh, Mushtaq Ali, 2024-12-13+9.1
  9. 1/11(3.0)v Uttar Pradesh, Mushtaq Ali, 2024-12-11+31.8
  10. 3/34(4.0)v Lucknow Super Giants, IPL, 2024-05-14+4.1

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.

  1. 2/23(4.0)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2023-05-02+64.4
  2. 2/15(4.0)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2009-04-29+53.5
  3. 2/34(4.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2019-03-24+49.0
  4. 5/12(3.0)v Kochi Tuskers Kerala, IPL, 2011-04-27+39.4
  5. 1/11(3.0)v Uttar Pradesh, Mushtaq Ali, 2024-12-11+31.8