T20 ratings SA20

Mitchell Van Buuren

Right-handed batter, age 28

−2.5

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 16 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 723rd of 1,072 rated batters, 67th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter and hard to get out.

89% range
−4.3 to −1.1
Likely rank
396th to 858th
Per 24 balls
−3.9
Whole career
−2.3
Run-outs, per match
+0.04
Balls
726
Last played
2024
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.

BuurenIPL average
Strike rate135153
Balls per dismissal1819
Boundary balls18%22%
Dot balls30%29%
Strike rate, powerplay136155
Strike rate, middle130145
Strike rate, death144167

−39 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 16 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−3.9
Middle−3.0
Death−6.1

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 8%
Gets out lesstop 18%
Scores faster once intop 33%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace13815718 balls
Left-arm pace13715418 balls
Off-spin13014721 balls
Left-arm spin12414220 balls
Wrist-spin13014619 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.

-180+18 2021: +17.8 per 24 over 175 balls 212022: +1.2 per 24 over 137 balls 222023: +2.5 per 24 over 190 balls 232024: −5.8 per 24 over 208 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(2)v Sunrisers Eastern Cape, SA20, 2025-02-01 · scorecard−7.5
  2. 5(3)v Joburg Super Kings, SA20, 2025-01-30 · scorecard+1.9
  3. 13*(17)v Durban's Super Giants, SA20, 2025-01-27 · scorecard+0.2
  4. 5(9)v Pretoria Capitals, SA20, 2025-01-25 · scorecard−9.7
  5. 41(41)v Durban's Super Giants, SA20, 2025-01-23 · scorecard−2.3
  6. 44(45)v Joburg Super Kings, SA20, 2025-01-20 · scorecard+3.9
  7. 22(20)v MI Cape Town, SA20, 2025-01-15 · scorecard+2.9
  8. 0(7)v MI Cape Town, SA20, 2025-01-13 · scorecard−10.1
  9. 2*(7)v Titans, CSA T20, 2024-10-220.0
  10. 15*(9)v North West, CSA T20, 2024-10-19+0.7

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. 67*(55)v Knights, CSA T20, 2022-02-20+90.8
  2. 65*(56)v North West, CSA T20, 2022-02-08+38.5
  3. 72*(40)v Pretoria Capitals, SA20, 2024-01-14+28.0
  4. 40(24)v Western Province, CSA T20, 2022-10-31+17.6
  5. 23(13)v North West, CSA T20, 2022-10-17+9.4