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Umar Gul

Right-arm fast-medium bowler, age 44

+0.7

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.4 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 105th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 10%.

A wicket-taker and hard to score off. Adds most in the death.

89% range
−0.8 to +1.8
Likely rank
34th to 396th
Per 24 balls
+0.8
Whole career
+1.5
Run-outs, per match
0.00
No-balls (1.59 per 100 balls), per 24
−0.23
Balls
1,578
Last played
2017
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.

GulIPL average
Economy9.49.5
Balls per wicket1920
Dot balls30%29%
Economy, powerplay9.59.6
Economy, middle9.09.0
Economy, death10.310.4

Saves 0.1 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+0.9
Middle+0.8
Death+1.3

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 2%
Hard to score offtop 12%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 38%

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.

-360+36 2007: +10.7 per 24 over 337 balls 072008: +5.7 per 24 over 36 balls 082009: +5.5 per 24 over 274 balls 092010: −5.5 per 24 over 137 balls 102011: +15.1 per 24 over 99 balls 112012: −1.4 per 24 over 254 balls 122013: +5.5 per 24 over 81 balls 132014: +7.2 per 24 over 24 balls 142015: −3.6 per 24 over 174 balls 152016: −32.8 per 24 over 24 balls 162017: +27.5 per 24 over 48 balls 17
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. 2/26(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2018-03-13+3.6
  2. 6/24(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2018-03-07+51.5
  3. 1/34(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2017-02-15−32.8
  4. 0/26(3.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2016-02-16−6.2
  5. 0/13(4.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2016-02-14+6.7
  6. 1/50(4.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2016-02-08−10.2
  7. 2/19(3.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2016-02-07+4.1
  8. 0/41(4.0)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2016-02-06−17.3
  9. 1/30(3.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2016-02-04+1.7
  10. 0/18(2.0)v New Zealand, T20Is, 2016-01-17−1.1

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. 3/18(4.0)v England, T20Is, 2012-02-23+53.0
  2. 6/24(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2018-03-07+51.5
  3. 2/29(4.0)v Australia, T20Is, 2014-03-23+29.0
  4. 4/8(4.0)v Australia, T20Is, 2009-05-07+27.7
  5. 2/29(4.0)v New Zealand, T20Is, 2009-11-13+27.3