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Virender Sehwag

Right-handed batter, age 48

IPLT20IsHis Test ratings
+3.2

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 16 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 4th of 1,072 rated batters, top 1%.

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

89% range
+1.7 to +4.8
Likely rank
3rd to 43rd
Per 24 balls
+4.7
Whole career
+4.0
Run-outs, per match
+0.01
Balls
2,117
Last played
2015
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.

SehwagIPL average
Strike rate176153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls27%22%
Dot balls25%29%
Strike rate, powerplay183155
Strike rate, middle166145
Strike rate, death187167

+52 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+6.1
Middle+3.5
Death+3.9

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 1%
Gets out lessbottom 24%
Scores faster once inbottom 17%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace18015716 balls
Left-arm pace17915416 balls
Off-spin17414718 balls
Left-arm spin16614218 balls
Wrist-spin16614616 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.

-280+28 2006: +8.3 per 24 over 29 balls 062007: +2.7 per 24 over 323 balls 072008: +25.7 per 24 over 22 balls 082009: −1.6 per 24 over 406 balls 092011: +19.7 per 24 over 259 balls 112012: +3.8 per 24 over 345 balls 122013: 0.0 per 24 over 233 balls 132014: −1.3 per 24 over 315 balls 142015: −15.8 per 24 over 93 balls 15
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. 1(4)v Vidarbha, Mushtaq Ali, 2016-01-04−9.7
  2. 3(5)v Tamil Nadu, Mushtaq Ali, 2016-01-02−3.4
  3. 2(5)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2015-05-03−10.4
  4. 1(2)v Delhi Daredevils, IPL, 2015-05-01−12.9
  5. 1(2)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2015-04-25−2.9
  6. 1(4)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2015-04-21−3.4
  7. 11(10)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2015-04-18−6.1
  8. 47(41)v Delhi Daredevils, IPL, 2015-04-15−6.2
  9. 36(19)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2015-04-12+4.3
  10. 0(1)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2015-04-10−14.5

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. 119(56)v Deccan Chargers, IPL, 2011-05-05+110.8
  2. 75(34)v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 2010-03-15+53.4
  3. 122(58)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2014-05-30+49.4
  4. 95*(57)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2013-04-21+45.2
  5. 50(27)v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 2009-05-21+34.0

Plays most like him

Priyansh AryaIPL+3.0Shaheen AfridiPSL−0.7Andrew TyeBlast−0.4Rashid KhanIPL−0.0Umar AkmalT20Is+0.5
Head to head with Rajat PatidarSee him in the IPL chart on the globe