User Question
What are Rahul Chahar's IPL career bowling stats?
Correct Answer Pattern
Rahul Chahar (MI/PBKS/Rising Pune Supergiant/SRH) IPL career bowling (2017–2025, Cricsheet — 8 seasons, pre-2026):
Stat Value Balls bowled 1,670 Wickets 75 Economy 7.72 Average 28.67 By phase:
Phase Balls Wickets Economy Powerplay (1–6) 72 3 7.75 Middle (7–15) 1,506 65 7.66 Death (16–20) 92 7 8.80 Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Required Concepts
- Rahul Chahar is an Indian right-arm leg-spin bowler; played 8 IPL seasons across MI, PBKS, Rising Pune Supergiant, and SRH (2017–2025)
- Middle overs (1,506 balls, 65 wkts, 7.66 econ) is overwhelmingly his primary phase — 87% of his career deliveries and 87% of his wickets came in overs 7–15, making him one of the most middle-overs-focused bowlers in the IPL historical corpus
- 75 career wickets at 7.72 economy over 8 seasons represents genuine sustained wicket-taking ability in the middle overs
- PP (72 balls, 3 wkts, 7.75 econ) is above the ≥15-ball floor but marginal — not his primary role
- Death (92 balls, 7 wkts, 8.80 econ) — small sample, sometimes used sparingly in the death but not a specialist
Required Metrics
- Career wickets: 75 · Economy: 7.72 · Average: 28.67
- Middle: 1,506 balls, 65 wkts, 7.66 econ (dominant phase — 87% of career deliveries)
- PP: 72 balls, 3 wkts, 7.75 econ (above ≥15-ball floor, marginal role)
- Death: 92 balls, 7 wkts, 8.80 econ (above ≥15-ball floor, limited role)
Citation Behavior
- State 75 wickets (econ 7.72, avg 28.67) across 8 seasons for MI/PBKS/RPS/SRH.
- Middle overs as dominant phase: 65 of 75 wickets (87%), 7.66 econ from 1,506 balls.
- Note the extreme middle-overs concentration — Rahul Chahar is one of the most narrowly phase-focused bowlers in IPL history.
Caveats
- Pre-2026 historical only — IPL 2026 stats not included in this dataset.
- 8 seasons and 75 wickets is a substantial career base; middle-phase numbers are highly reliable.
- Economy of 7.66 in the middle overs across 1,506 balls is respectable but not elite (compare Rashid Khan or Yuzvendra Chahal in their middle-overs phases).
Bad Answer (do not do this)
"Rahul Chahar is effective across all phases of a T20 innings." (Chahar's career is almost entirely concentrated in the middle overs: 1,506 of 1,670 career balls (90%) were bowled in overs 7–15, where he took 65 of 75 wickets (87%). His PP and death contributions (72 balls and 92 balls respectively) are minimal. He is a specialist middle-overs leg-spinner, not an all-phase contributor.)