T20 ratings Blast

William Root

Left-handed batter, age 34

−2.5

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 14 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 709th of 1,072 rated batters, 66th percentile from the top.

Close to average in all three ways.

89% range
−4.4 to −0.8
Likely rank
296th to 874th
Per 24 balls
−4.2
Whole career
−2.7
Run-outs, per match
+0.09
Balls
554
Last played
2023
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.

RootIPL average
Strike rate140153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls19%22%
Dot balls31%29%
Strike rate, powerplay141155
Strike rate, middle133145
Strike rate, death152167

−27 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−4.2
Middle−3.5
Death−4.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 33%
Gets out lesstop 43%
Scores faster once inbottom 46%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace14415717 balls
Left-arm pace14115417 balls
Off-spin13314720 balls
Left-arm spin12714219 balls
Wrist-spin13314617 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 2017: −11.2 per 24 over 60 balls 172018: +0.2 per 24 over 181 balls 182019: +2.3 per 24 over 63 balls 192020: −8.7 per 24 over 48 balls 202021: −2.2 per 24 over 80 balls 212022: +6.8 per 24 over 29 balls 222023: +3.6 per 24 over 106 balls 23
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. 2(5)v Somerset, Blast, 2023-06-21−9.8
  2. 31(24)v Surrey, Blast, 2023-06-20−5.0
  3. 36(24)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2023-06-18+30.0
  4. 21(20)v Essex, Blast, 2023-06-16−3.1
  5. 0(1)v Essex, Blast, 2023-06-09−0.5
  6. 13(9)v Surrey, Blast, 2023-06-07+0.1
  7. 14*(7)v Sussex, Blast, 2023-06-04+3.4
  8. 18(16)v Somerset, Blast, 2023-05-28+1.1
  9. 38*(25)v Kent, Blast, 2022-07-03+9.0
  10. 1(4)v Essex, Blast, 2022-07-02−0.6

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. 36(24)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2023-06-18+30.0
  2. 5(6)v Hampshire, Blast, 2019-08-02+21.6
  3. 41*(28)v Surrey, Blast, 2021-06-29+12.3
  4. 38*(25)v Kent, Blast, 2022-07-03+9.0
  5. 29(31)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2020-08-29+8.4