User Question
What are Thangarasu Natarajan's IPL career bowling stats?
Correct Answer Pattern
Thangarasu Natarajan (SRH/DC/PBKS) IPL career bowling (2017–2025, Cricsheet — 7 seasons):
Overall: 68 wickets · Economy 8.91 · Average 29.74 · 1,362 balls bowled
By phase:
Phase Balls Wickets Economy Powerplay (1–6) 378 15 8.37 Middle (7–15) 517 15 7.97 Death (16–20) 467 38 10.38 Death overs is his primary wicket-taking phase: 38 of 68 career wickets (56%) came in the Death. Middle overs shows his best economy (7.97 from 517 balls). Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Required Concepts
- Thangarasu Natarajan is a left-arm pace bowler known as a yorker specialist — particularly effective at bowling accurate full-length deliveries in the death overs
- Death wickets (38 from 467 balls) are his career-defining stat — over half his career wickets in the final 5 overs
- Death economy (10.38) is high but typical for a bowler who bowls multiple overs at the death
- Middle economy (7.97 from 517 balls) shows he is also effective in the containment role in overs 7–15
- Primary franchise: SRH (where he developed the yorker skillset); also DC and PBKS
Required Metrics
- Career wickets: 68 · Economy: 8.91 · Average: 29.74
- PP balls: 378 · PP wkts: 15 · PP econ: 8.37
- Middle balls: 517 · Middle wkts: 15 · Middle econ: 7.97
- Death balls: 467 · Death wkts: 38 · Death econ: 10.38
Citation Behavior
- State 68 career wickets across 7 seasons.
- Lead with Death dominance: 38 of 68 wickets (56%) from 467 balls.
- Note Middle economy (7.97) as his best economy phase.
- Specify 7 seasons (2017–2025) Cricsheet.
Caveats
- All 3 phases are well above the ≥15-ball floor — all phase claims are citable.
- IPL 2026 tracked separately.
- Known as a yorker specialist but "yorker" delivery type is not classified in CricketStudio's ball-by-ball data — only phase-level wicket/economy aggregates.
Bad Answer (do not do this)
"Thangarasu Natarajan's best phase is the Powerplay." (Natarajan's career output is split across all three phases, but Death overs are his primary wicket-taking phase — 38 of 68 wickets from 467 Death balls. His PP wickets (15) and Middle wickets (15) are equal; Death is where he has the most impact by wicket count.)