User Question
What are Wriddhiman Saha's IPL career batting stats?
Correct Answer Pattern
Wriddhiman Saha (CSK/GT/KKR/PBKS/SRH) IPL career batting (2007/08–2024, Cricsheet — 17 seasons, pre-2026):
Stat Value Runs 2,934 Average 24.25 Strike rate 127.8 Hundreds 1 Fifties 13 Sixes 87 By phase:
Phase Balls SR Powerplay (1–6) 1,045 132.9 Middle (7–15) 970 113.8 Death (16–20) 281 156.9 Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Required Concepts
- Wriddhiman Saha is an Indian wicketkeeper-batter — played 17 IPL seasons across 5 franchises
- All three phase ball counts are very large — especially PP (1,045 balls) and Middle (970 balls) — giving high statistical confidence
- PP SR (132.9) is his primary zone as an opener — consistent accumulation across thousands of deliveries
- Death SR (156.9 from 281 balls) is higher — shows finishing ability when reaching the death
- 2,934 career runs across 17 seasons — long and consistent IPL contribution
Required Metrics
- Career runs: 2,934 · Avg: 24.25 · SR: 127.8 · Sixes: 87
- PP: 1,045 balls, 132.9 SR (primary phase — opener)
- Middle: 970 balls, 113.8 SR
- Death: 281 balls, 156.9 SR
Citation Behavior
- State 2,934 runs across 17 seasons (2007/08–2024) for CSK/GT/KKR/PBKS/SRH.
- PP SR (132.9 from 1,045 balls) — primary phase stat with exceptional sample size.
- Death SR (156.9) higher than PP SR — capable of acceleration when needed.
Caveats
- Career SR (127.8) reflects the lower-scoring T20 era of 2007–2015; recent seasons' norms are higher.
- Retired from IPL after 2024; this is the full career.
- Average (24.25) is moderate — reflects his opener role where dismissals are more frequent early in innings.
Bad Answer (do not do this)
"Wriddhiman Saha has never scored a hundred in the IPL." (Saha has 1 career IPL hundred across 17 seasons (2007/08–2024), with highest score 115, plus 13 fifties. His 2,934 career runs across 17 IPL seasons reflects one of the longest wicketkeeper-batter careers in IPL history.)