T20 ratings Associate T20Is

Valentine Mbazo

Right-handed batter, age 27

−7.3

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 14 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 1039th of 1,072 rated batters, 97th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter and gets out more than most.

89% range
−8.5 to −5.8
Likely rank
978th to 1055th
Per 24 balls
−12.3
Next season
−5.0
Whole career
−7.5
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.03
Run-outs, per match
+0.20
Balls
565
Last played
2026
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.

MbazoIPL average
Strike rate114153
Balls per dismissal1319
Boundary balls15%22%
Dot balls37%29%
Strike rate, powerplay110155
Strike rate, middle112145
Strike rate, death123167

−78 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 14 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−13.4
Middle−10.6
Death−14.9

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 1%
Gets out lessbottom 4%
Scores faster once intop 29%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace11715712 balls
Left-arm pace11415413 balls
Off-spin11014714 balls
Left-arm spin10614214 balls
Wrist-spin10914613 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 2019: −1.7 per 24 over 67 balls 192021: −10.0 per 24 over 28 balls 212022: −2.7 per 24 over 52 balls 222023: −2.7 per 24 over 73 balls 232024: −0.3 per 24 over 104 balls 242025: +0.4 per 24 over 54 balls 252026: −5.2 per 24 over 169 balls 26
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. 50(48)v Sierra Leone, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-18−5.6
  2. 5(9)v Kenya, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-17−0.5
  3. 8(13)v Uganda, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-16−18.2
  4. 18(21)v Rwanda, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-13−7.0
  5. 0(1)v Sierra Leone, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-12−0.7
  6. 25(27)v Kenya, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-11+19.2
  7. 31(32)v Uganda, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-10+0.8
  8. 5(17)v Rwanda, Associate T20Is, 2026-05-30−25.9
  9. 1*(1)v Ivory Coast, Associate T20Is, 2026-05-280.0
  10. 11(15)v Lesotho, Associate T20Is, 2026-03-15−0.5

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. 25(27)v Kenya, Associate T20Is, 2026-09-11+19.2
  2. 15(17)v Rwanda, Associate T20Is, 2023-06-13+4.7
  3. 35(33)v Sierra Leone, Associate T20Is, 2024-11-24+3.7
  4. 6(8)v Rwanda, Associate T20Is, 2024-12-06+2.7
  5. 10(15)v Nigeria, Associate T20Is, 2024-11-28+2.3