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Varun Chakravarthy

Leg-spin bowler, age 35

+2.6

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.8 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 9th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 1%.

A wicket-taker, hard to score off and at his best before the death. Adds most in the middle overs.

89% range
+1.3 to +3.9
Likely rank
4th to 68th
Per 24 balls
+2.8
Next season
+2.7
Whole career
+2.8
Run-outs, per match
+0.03
No-balls (0.28 per 100 balls), per 24
+0.13
Balls
3,279
Last played
2026
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.

ChakravarthyIPL average
Economy9.09.5
Balls per wicket1820
Dot balls32%29%
Economy, powerplay9.09.6
Economy, middle8.59.0
Economy, death9.810.4

Saves 1.9 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+3.0
Middle+2.3
Death+3.0

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 1%
Hard to score offtop 2%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 27%

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.

-240+24 2019: −22.1 per 24 over 18 balls 192020: +4.6 per 24 over 312 balls 202021: +4.3 per 24 over 543 balls 212022: −5.7 per 24 over 234 balls 222023: +8.4 per 24 over 388 balls 232024: +4.1 per 24 over 576 balls 242025: +5.4 per 24 over 852 balls 252026: +4.0 per 24 over 288 balls 26
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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.

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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. 0/35(3.0)v England, T20Is, 2026-07-07 · replay−15.2
  2. 1/37(4.0)v England, T20Is, 2026-07-04 · replay+2.8
  3. 1/35(4.0)v Delhi Capitals, IPL, 2026-05-24 · replay+7.3
  4. 0/28(4.0)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2026-05-20 · replay+1.6
  5. 0/47(4.0)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2026-05-16 · replay−14.8
  6. 0/28(4.0)v Delhi Capitals, IPL, 2026-05-08 · replay+11.0
  7. 3/36(4.0)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2026-05-03 · replay+0.9
  8. 2/33(4.0)v Lucknow Super Giants, IPL, 2026-04-26 · replay+27.4
  9. 3/14(4.0)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2026-04-19 · replay+32.5
  10. 2/34(4.0)v Gujarat Titans, IPL, 2026-04-17 · replay−3.7

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. 1/20(4.0)v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL, 2023-05-04+80.1
  2. 5/17(4.0)v South Africa, T20Is, 2024-11-10+42.2
  3. 4/53(4.0)v South Africa, T20Is, 2025-12-19 · replay+38.1
  4. 1/22(4.0)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2021-09-26+35.6
  5. 2/18(4.0)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2025-05-07 · replay+33.5