T20 ratings Associate T20Is

Vasu Saini

Batter and bowler, age 37

−5.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 21 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 961st of 1,072 rated batters, 90th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter.

89% range
−6.8 to −3.7
Likely rank
837th to 1018th
Per 24 balls
−6.2
Next season
−4.8
Next season, in the IPL
−4.9
Whole career
−5.3
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.27
Run-outs, per match
+0.38
Balls
1,173
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.

SainiIPL average
Strike rate130153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls18%22%
Dot balls31%29%
Strike rate, powerplay131155
Strike rate, middle126145
Strike rate, death138167

−67 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 21 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−5.9
Middle−4.7
Death−8.6

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 6%
Gets out lesstop 49%
Scores faster once intop 32%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace13315716 balls
Left-arm pace13315417 balls
Off-spin12514719 balls
Left-arm spin11914219 balls
Wrist-spin12514617 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.

-240+24 2020: −23.3 per 24 over 24 balls 202021: −0.7 per 24 over 29 balls 212022: +2.1 per 24 over 220 balls 222023: +6.5 per 24 over 222 balls 232024: +2.0 per 24 over 113 balls 242025: +2.3 per 24 over 177 balls 252026: +7.3 per 24 over 324 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. 52(41)v France, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-30−10.2
  2. 1(4)v Austria, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-30−1.9
  3. 25(16)v Austria, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-26+14.1
  4. 3*(3)v France, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-250.0
  5. 27(25)v Denmark, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-14+2.6
  6. 37(36)v Belgium, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-12+3.3
  7. 13(12)v Gibraltar, Associate T20Is, 2026-07-10+6.0
  8. 28(25)v Belgium, Associate T20Is, 2026-06-21+17.2
  9. 36*(30)v Hungary, Associate T20Is, 2026-06-20+17.3
  10. 49(35)v Switzerland, Associate T20Is, 2026-06-19+12.3

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. 91*(45)v Luxembourg, Associate T20Is, 2023-07-16+47.0
  2. 72(51)v Bulgaria, Associate T20Is, 2026-05-10+40.1
  3. 45(23)v Malta, Associate T20Is, 2023-08-18+28.8
  4. 42(28)v Czech Republic, Associate T20Is, 2025-08-21+18.7
  5. 36*(30)v Hungary, Associate T20Is, 2026-06-20+17.3