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Suresh Raina

Batter and bowler, age 39

+1.1

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 19 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 58th of 1,072 rated batters, top 10%.

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

89% range
+0.1 to +2.7
Likely rank
20th to 231st
Per 24 balls
+1.5
Whole career
+1.8
Run-outs, per match
+0.08
Balls
5,871
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.

RainaIPL average
Strike rate158153
Balls per dismissal1919
Boundary balls23%22%
Dot balls27%29%
Strike rate, powerplay168155
Strike rate, middle147145
Strike rate, death168167

+14 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 19 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+0.6
Death+0.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 24%
Gets out lesstop 18%
Scores faster once intop 43%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16515719 balls
Left-arm pace15815419 balls
Off-spin14614722 balls
Left-arm spin14614221 balls
Wrist-spin14614619 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.

-100+10 2007: +9.2 per 24 over 295 balls 072008: −2.2 per 24 over 74 balls 2009: +6.2 per 24 over 721 balls 092010: +10.3 per 24 over 221 balls 2011: +6.0 per 24 over 394 balls 112012: +0.8 per 24 over 479 balls 2013: −1.8 per 24 over 427 balls 132014: +7.5 per 24 over 379 balls 2015: +2.6 per 24 over 608 balls 152016: +1.2 per 24 over 390 balls 2017: +5.3 per 24 over 658 balls 172018: −3.2 per 24 over 479 balls 2019: −1.7 per 24 over 314 balls 192020: −2.9 per 24 over 81 balls 2021: +2.3 per 24 over 128 balls 21
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. 3(5)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2021-10-02−5.1
  2. 2(3)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2021-09-30−0.4
  3. 11(7)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2021-09-26+12.7
  4. 17*(10)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2021-09-24+5.8
  5. 4(6)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2021-09-19−3.8
  6. 2(4)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2021-05-01−4.8
  7. 17*(15)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2021-04-28−0.1
  8. 24(18)v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL, 2021-04-25+3.2
  9. 18(15)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2021-04-19−3.4
  10. 8(9)v Punjab Kings, IPL, 2021-04-16−0.1

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. 49*(25)v Australia, T20Is, 2016-01-31+102.3
  2. 87(25)v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, 2014-05-30+96.2
  3. 84(46)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2017-04-21+81.9
  4. 78*(39)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2010-04-13+54.4
  5. 98(55)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2009-04-30+53.0