T20 ratings Associate T20Is

Varun Thamotharam

Batter and bowler, age 37

−4.0

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 16 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 875th of 1,072 rated batters, 82nd percentile from the top.

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

89% range
−5.5 to −2.3
Likely rank
656th to 959th
Per 24 balls
−5.9
Next season
−3.5
Next season, in the IPL
−3.7
Whole career
−3.5
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.45
Run-outs, per match
+0.11
Balls
860
Last played
2025
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.

ThamotharamIPL average
Strike rate145153
Balls per dismissal1319
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls34%29%
Strike rate, powerplay142155
Strike rate, middle139145
Strike rate, death159167

−19 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 16 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−6.8
Middle−4.7
Death−4.9

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 23%
Gets out lessbottom 3%
Scores faster once inbottom 26%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace14715713 balls
Left-arm pace14515413 balls
Off-spin14114715 balls
Left-arm spin13714214 balls
Wrist-spin14114613 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.

-120+12 2021: −4.8 per 24 over 202 balls 212022: +8.1 per 24 over 109 balls 222023: +0.4 per 24 over 270 balls 232024: +12.4 per 24 over 131 balls 242025: +6.4 per 24 over 115 balls 25
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. 0(7)v Belgium, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-31−3.4
  2. 31(29)v Portugal, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-31+4.8
  3. 22(15)v Belgium, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-30+7.7
  4. 12(8)v Portugal, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-30−4.4
  5. 12(12)v Estonia, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-07−0.6
  6. 5(5)v Estonia, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-06−4.2
  7. 63(39)v Estonia, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-06+32.2
  8. 58(34)v Austria, Associate T20Is, 2025-02-05+19.0
  9. 21(12)v Hungary, Associate T20Is, 2025-02-04+21.4
  10. 12(9)v Austria, Associate T20Is, 2025-02-03−3.4

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. 55*(24)v Gibraltar, Associate T20Is, 2022-07-03+36.0
  2. 63(39)v Estonia, Associate T20Is, 2025-05-06+32.2
  3. 60*(30)v Gibraltar, Associate T20Is, 2023-05-07+31.6
  4. 104*(52)v Gibraltar, Associate T20Is, 2021-08-21+24.7
  5. 21(12)v Hungary, Associate T20Is, 2025-02-04+21.4