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Shahid Afridi

Batter and bowler, age 46

+0.7

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 9 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 81st of 1,072 rated batters, top 10%.

A big hitter, gets out more than most and scores at much the same pace from ball one. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
+0.3 to +1.7
Likely rank
54th to 182nd
Per 24 balls
+1.9
Whole career
+1.3
Run-outs, per match
+0.10
Balls
2,125
Last played
2021
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.

AfridiIPL average
Strike rate173153
Balls per dismissal1419
Boundary balls26%22%
Dot balls27%29%
Strike rate, powerplay179155
Strike rate, middle165145
Strike rate, death184167

+26 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 9 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+2.6
Middle+1.7
Death+2.2

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 1%
Gets out lessbottom 7%
Scores faster once inbottom 1%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace17715714 balls
Left-arm pace16915414 balls
Off-spin17714716 balls
Left-arm spin16914215 balls
Wrist-spin16514614 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.

-520+52 2007: −2.1 per 24 over 118 balls 072008: −48.4 per 24 over 15 balls 082009: +6.5 per 24 over 204 balls 092010: +0.9 per 24 over 137 balls 102011: +9.6 per 24 over 108 balls 112012: +3.9 per 24 over 77 balls 122013: +16.3 per 24 over 165 balls 132014: +43.6 per 24 over 14 balls 142015: +6.0 per 24 over 405 balls 152016: +6.8 per 24 over 305 balls 162017: −3.0 per 24 over 202 balls 172018: +6.1 per 24 over 159 balls 182019: +1.5 per 24 over 79 balls 192020: −9.0 per 24 over 49 balls 20
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. 4(8)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2022-02-03−0.5
  2. 3(5)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2021-02-27−4.5
  3. 0(1)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2021-02-21−1.3
  4. 0(1)v Kandy Tuskers, LPL, 2020-11-30−13.2
  5. 12(6)v Colombo Kings, LPL, 2020-11-28−0.1
  6. 58(23)v Jaffna Stallions, LPL, 2020-11-27+20.4
  7. 0(1)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2020-11-15−19.9
  8. 12(12)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2020-11-14−2.0
  9. 19(13)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2020-03-13+1.1
  10. 35*(17)PSL, 2020-03-06–

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. 45*(23)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2017-02-25+81.2
  2. 39*(20)v Sri Lanka, T20Is, 2013-12-11+78.5
  3. 39*(25)v Sylhet Sixers, BPL, 2019-01-06+65.2
  4. 46(27)v West Indies, T20Is, 2013-07-27+63.7
  5. 62(41)v Chittagong Vikings, BPL, 2015-12-02+48.5