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Kusal Mendis

Right-handed batter, age 31

−0.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 22 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 240th of 1,072 rated batters, top 25%.

Hard to get out. Adds most in the middle overs.

89% range
−1.8 to +1.2
Likely rank
76th to 570th
Per 24 balls
−0.5
Next season
−0.8
Next season, in the IPL
−1.0
Whole career
−0.4
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.40
Run-outs, per match
+0.23
Balls
3,779
Last played
2026
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.

MendisIPL average
Strike rate151153
Balls per dismissal2019
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls28%29%
Strike rate, powerplay154155
Strike rate, middle144145
Strike rate, death161167

−7 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−0.0
Middle+0.1
Death−1.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 46%
Gets out lesstop 7%
Scores faster once intop 45%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15515720 balls
Left-arm pace15315420 balls
Off-spin14314723 balls
Left-arm spin13914222 balls
Wrist-spin14014621 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.

-380+38 2016: −5.7 per 24 over 60 balls 162017: +12.1 per 24 over 157 balls 172018: −36.1 per 24 over 34 balls 182019: −9.1 per 24 over 117 balls 192020: +6.5 per 24 over 188 balls 202021: +5.1 per 24 over 365 balls 212022: +2.5 per 24 over 746 balls 222023: −1.0 per 24 over 345 balls 232024: +0.2 per 24 over 533 balls 242025: −3.2 per 24 over 622 balls 252026: +5.0 per 24 over 496 balls 26
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. 87*(48)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2026-10-13 · replay+3.9
  2. 9(15)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2026-10-11 · replay−39.3
  3. 1(2)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2026-10-09 · replay+0.8
  4. 2(4)v Kandy Royals, LPL, 2026-07-19 · replay−3.7
  5. 79(53)v Galle Gallants, LPL, 2026-07-18 · replay+11.3
  6. 5(5)v West Indies, T20Is, 2026-06-14 · replay−8.3
  7. 31(19)v West Indies, T20Is, 2026-06-13 · replay+10.2
  8. 36(23)v West Indies, T20Is, 2026-06-11 · replay−6.4
  9. 9(8)v Hyderabad Kingsmen, PSL, 2026-05-03 · replay+1.3
  10. 41(26)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2026-04-28 · replay+5.1

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. 80*(43)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2026-04-22 · replay+46.3
  2. 105*(54)v Kandy Falcons, LPL, 2024-07-20+43.6
  3. 109(52)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2026-04-09 · replay+42.6
  4. 79(44)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2022-10-20+37.2
  5. 69*(58)v Australia, T20Is, 2022-02-20+35.5