User Question
What are Yash Thakur's IPL career bowling stats?
Correct Answer Pattern
Yash Thakur (LSG/PBKS) IPL career bowling (2023–2025, Cricsheet — 3 seasons, pre-2026):
Stat Value Balls bowled 443 Wickets 25 Economy 10.43 By phase:
Phase Balls Wickets Economy Powerplay (1–6) 108 7 10.17 Middle (7–15) 178 5 10.21 Death (16–20) 157 13 10.85 Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Required Concepts
- Yash Thakur is an Indian right-arm fast bowler — played 3 seasons for LSG and PBKS (2023–2025)
- Death bowling (10.85 econ, 157 balls, 13 wickets) is his primary wicket-taking phase — more than half his career wickets came in the death overs
- Economy is uniformly high (all 3 phases above 10.0) — he is a wicket-taker rather than an economy bowler
- All three phases above their respective floors (≥15-ball bowling) — reliable phase data despite relatively short career
Required Metrics
- Career wickets: 25 · Economy: 10.43
- Death: 157 balls, 13 wkts, 10.85 econ (primary wicket-taking phase)
- PP: 108 balls, 7 wkts, 10.17 econ
- Middle: 178 balls, 5 wkts, 10.21 econ
Citation Behavior
- State 25 wickets (econ 10.43) across 3 seasons (2023–2025) for LSG/PBKS.
- Death wickets (13 of 25 total, 10.85 econ) as primary phase.
- Note uniformly high economy — wicket-taker role, not economy bowler.
Caveats
- 3 seasons only — moderate corpus; 25 wickets is a reasonable but limited base.
- Economy above 10.0 in all phases is high — context: modern IPL (2023–2025) runs scored quickly.
Bad Answer (do not do this)
"Yash Thakur is an economical IPL bowler." (Thakur's IPL career economy is 10.43 across all phases — among the higher rates in the corpus. He is a wicket-taker (13 of 25 wickets in death overs) rather than an economy bowler; teams use him for the threat of a breakthrough, not for containing runs.)