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Karn Sharma

Batter and bowler, age 39

−0.8

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 8 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 341st of 1,072 rated batters, top 40%.

A big hitter.

89% range
−1.5 to +0.5
Likely rank
154th to 578th
Per 24 balls
−2.6
Next season
−0.8
Whole career
−0.5
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.94
Run-outs, per match
+0.02
Balls
700
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.

SharmaIPL average
Strike rate154153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls23%22%
Dot balls29%29%
Strike rate, powerplay156155
Strike rate, middle147145
Strike rate, death167167

+1 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 8 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−0.9
Middle−0.9
Death−1.3

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 17%
Gets out lessbottom 33%
Scores faster once intop 45%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15715716 balls
Left-arm pace15515416 balls
Off-spin15014718 balls
Left-arm spin14314218 balls
Wrist-spin15014616 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.

-720+72 2013: −1.4 per 24 over 86 balls 132014: +3.4 per 24 over 29 balls 142015: −8.0 per 24 over 131 balls 152016: +1.1 per 24 over 30 balls 162017: +9.3 per 24 over 143 balls 172018: +15.2 per 24 over 40 balls 182019: +2.0 per 24 over 79 balls 192020: +22.0 per 24 over 32 balls 202021: −5.8 per 24 over 46 balls 212022: +67.0 per 24 over 14 balls 222023: +7.9 per 24 over 28 balls 232024: +21.7 per 24 over 15 balls 24
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. 1*(1)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2025-05-06 · scorecard+0.5
  2. 5(4)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2024-05-22−0.5
  3. 6(4)v Delhi Capitals, IPL, 2024-05-12+0.2
  4. 20(7)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2024-04-21+14.8
  5. 29*(14)v Gujarat, Mushtaq Ali, 2023-10-25+9.8
  6. 5(9)v Punjab, Mushtaq Ali, 2023-10-19−0.1
  7. 2(2)v Lucknow Super Giants, IPL, 2023-05-01−0.5
  8. 1(3)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2023-04-06−0.1
  9. 14*(9)v Mumbai, Mushtaq Ali, 2022-10-20+8.6
  10. 9*(5)v Rajasthan, Mushtaq Ali, 2022-10-14+30.5

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. 19(6)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2017-05-11+39.5
  2. 40(26)v Railways, Mushtaq Ali, 2018-01-09+36.4
  3. 45(29)v Tripura, Mushtaq Ali, 2021-01-10+34.6
  4. 9*(5)v Rajasthan, Mushtaq Ali, 2022-10-14+30.5
  5. 20(7)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2024-04-21+14.8