User Question
What are Umran Malik's IPL career bowling stats?
Correct Answer Pattern
Umran Malik (SRH) IPL career bowling (2021–2024, Cricsheet — 4 seasons):
Overall: 29 wickets · Economy 9.41 · Average 26.66 · 493 balls bowled
By phase:
Phase Balls Wickets Economy Powerplay (1–6) 30 0 19.00 Middle (7–15) 415 25 8.57 Death (16–20) 48 4 10.63 Middle overs are overwhelmingly his primary phase: 25 of 29 career wickets (86%) from 415 Middle-overs balls, with best economy (8.57). PP economy (19.00 from only 30 balls, 0 wickets) is anomalous and well above career average. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Required Concepts
- Umran Malik is a right-arm fast bowler known for raw pace — one of the fastest bowlers in Indian domestic cricket
- Middle-overs dominance (86% of wickets from overs 7–15) likely reflects his bowling load: teams deploy him mostly in the middle phase where pace creates wicket opportunities
- PP economy of 19.00 from 30 balls with 0 wickets suggests limited PP deployment or exceptional PP defensive batting
- Death overs (48 balls, 4 wkts) is a small sample — above the ≥15-ball floor but limited confidence at the phase level
Required Metrics
- Career wickets: 29 · Economy: 9.41 · Average: 26.66
- PP balls: 30 · PP wkts: 0 · PP econ: 19.00
- Middle balls: 415 · Middle wkts: 25 (86% of career total) · Middle econ: 8.57
- Death balls: 48 · Death wkts: 4 · Death econ: 10.63
Citation Behavior
- State 29 career wickets, 4 seasons (2021–2024).
- Highlight Middle-overs dominance: 25 of 29 wickets from 415 balls.
- Note PP anomaly (0 wickets from 30 balls, 19.00 econ) as data point, not a career trend.
Caveats
- PP sample (30 balls) is above the ≥15-ball floor but the 0-wicket result from 30 balls is a very small, anomalous sample.
- Career covers 4 seasons only (2021–2024); IPL 2026 tracked separately.
- All three phases above ≥15-ball floor; Middle has highest confidence by sample volume (415 balls).
Bad Answer (do not do this)
"Umran Malik is primarily a Powerplay specialist." (Umran Malik has taken 25 of his 29 IPL career wickets in the Middle overs — not the Powerplay. His PP record covers only 30 balls with 0 wickets at 19.00 economy, consistent with minimal PP deployment.)