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Lakshan Sandakan

Left-arm wrist-spin bowler, age 35

−1.6

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.6 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 685th of 1,127 rated bowlers, 61st percentile from the top.

Takes fewer wickets than most and at his best at the death.

89% range
−2.9 to +0.2
Likely rank
278th to 1020th
Per 24 balls
−1.8
Whole career
−1.2
Balls
877
Last played
2024
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.

SandakanIPL average
Economy10.09.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls27%29%
Economy, powerplay10.29.6
Economy, middle9.49.0
Economy, death10.910.4

Costs 1.7 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−2.4
Middle−1.5
Death−1.9

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 24%
Hard to score offtop 38%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 23%

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.

-60+6 2016: +6.3 per 24 over 72 balls 162018: −2.6 per 24 over 72 balls 182019: −5.2 per 24 over 246 balls 192020: −3.1 per 24 over 220 balls 202021: +4.0 per 24 over 24 balls 212022: +0.3 per 24 over 114 balls 222023: −4.7 per 24 over 66 balls 232024: −4.9 per 24 over 24 balls 24
SeasonMatchesOversWktsAvgEconSRDot %Win value

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.

CompetitionStrengthMatchesWktsAvgEconWin value

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. 1/46(4.0)v Galle Marvels, LPL, 2024-07-07−5.3
  2. 1/30(3.0)v Jaffna Kings, LPL, 2023-08-08−1.5
  3. 1/29(4.0)v Galle Titans, LPL, 2023-08-07−1.9
  4. 1/34(4.0)v Jaffna Kings, LPL, 2023-07-30−10.4
  5. 0/18(3.0)v Colombo Stars, LPL, 2022-12-21+4.6
  6. 0/29(3.0)v Jaffna Kings, LPL, 2022-12-18−5.3
  7. 0/16(3.0)v Dambulla Aura, LPL, 2022-12-17+9.0
  8. 0/37(4.0)v Colombo Stars, LPL, 2022-12-13−25.3
  9. 2/22(4.0)v Kandy Falcons, LPL, 2022-12-12+19.2
  10. 0/17(2.0)v Colombo Stars, LPL, 2022-12-11−0.8

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. 2/22(4.0)v Kandy Falcons, LPL, 2022-12-12+19.2
  2. 4/23(4.0)v South Africa, T20Is, 2017-01-22+13.1
  3. 0/16(4.0)v New Zealand, T20Is, 2019-09-03+12.0
  4. 3/19(4.0)v South Africa, T20Is, 2018-08-14+11.9
  5. 3/29(4.0)v West Indies, T20Is, 2021-03-07+10.2