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Kevin Pietersen

Right-handed batter, age 46

+2.2

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 21 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 15th of 1,072 rated batters, top 2%.

A big hitter and hard to get out. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
+1.3 to +3.6
Likely rank
6th to 86th
Per 24 balls
+2.5
Whole career
+2.7
Run-outs, per match
0.00
Balls
3,661
Last played
2017
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.

PietersenIPL average
Strike rate162153
Balls per dismissal1919
Boundary balls24%22%
Dot balls27%29%
Strike rate, powerplay165155
Strike rate, middle154145
Strike rate, death177167

+27 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 21 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+2.9
Middle+1.8
Death+2.3

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 11%
Gets out lesstop 20%
Scores faster once intop 46%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16615719 balls
Left-arm pace16415419 balls
Off-spin16414722 balls
Left-arm spin14514221 balls
Wrist-spin15514619 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.

-220+22 2005: +10.5 per 24 over 18 balls 052006: −21.6 per 24 over 23 balls 062007: +0.1 per 24 over 162 balls 072008: −4.0 per 24 over 57 balls 082009: +4.9 per 24 over 445 balls 092010: +13.1 per 24 over 193 balls 102011: +8.9 per 24 over 175 balls 112012: +6.5 per 24 over 207 balls 122014: −3.9 per 24 over 715 balls 142015: +4.7 per 24 over 699 balls 152016: +5.7 per 24 over 561 balls 162017: +1.2 per 24 over 317 balls 17
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. 7(6)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2018-03-15−2.2
  2. 11(8)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2018-03-14+9.7
  3. 21(13)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2018-03-10+18.3
  4. 52(34)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2018-03-08+9.7
  5. 5(10)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2018-03-07−11.8
  6. 5(6)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2018-03-01−5.9
  7. 48(34)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2018-02-28+10.6
  8. 6(4)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2018-02-23−5.9
  9. 46(23)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2018-01-27+21.1
  10. 12(11)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2018-01-20−9.8

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. 88*(42)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2017-02-18+78.3
  2. 103*(64)v Deccan Chargers, IPL, 2012-04-19+60.9
  3. 47(31)v Australia, T20Is, 2010-05-16+60.3
  4. 73*(52)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2010-05-06+48.8
  5. 100*(45)v Knights, CSA T20, 2015-11-06+43.4