Ranked List of IPL Middle Order Batters

Showing players who bat in positions 5-7. Middle order batters need to accelerate and finish innings. Players are ranked by a combined score of strike rate and average (normalized with strike rate weighted higher). Only players with 15+ matches are considered. Higher values on chart are better.

Sai Sudharsan

Romario Shepherd

Heinrich Klaasen

Batting Stats (career)

Circle size indicates total Runs

Interpretation: Players who can maintain both a high average and strike rate will show up in the top right of this chart.


Yashasvi Jaiswal	67	2166	34.38	152.86	15	2	258	92	124
Will Jacks	21	463	27.24	152.81	2	1	38	29	100*
Washington Sundar	66	511	15.97	126.17	0	0	42	16	49
Virat Kohli	267	8661	39.55	132.86	63	8	771	291	113*
Vijay Shankar	106	2619	25.93	121.87	13	2	247	91	127
Venkatesh Iyer	62	1468	29.96	137.32	12	1	136	65	104
Tristan Stubbs	32	705	41.47	163.19	3	0	51	37	71*
Travis Head	38	1146	34.73	170.03	8	1	126	55	102
Tim David	50	846	32.54	173.36	1	0	54	60	50*
Tilak Varma	54	1499	37.48	144.41	8	0	113	74	84*

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Sai Sudharsan

Romario Shepherd

Heinrich Klaasen

Batting Stats (career)

Circle size indicates total Runs

Interpretation: Players who can maintain both a high average and strike rate will show up in the top right of this chart.


Yashasvi Jaiswal	67	2166	34.38	152.86	15	2	258	92	124
Will Jacks	21	463	27.24	152.81	2	1	38	29	100*
Washington Sundar	66	511	15.97	126.17	0	0	42	16	49
Virat Kohli	267	8661	39.55	132.86	63	8	771	291	113*
Vijay Shankar	106	2619	25.93	121.87	13	2	247	91	127
Venkatesh Iyer	62	1468	29.96	137.32	12	1	136	65	104
Tristan Stubbs	32	705	41.47	163.19	3	0	51	37	71*
Travis Head	38	1146	34.73	170.03	8	1	126	55	102
Tim David	50	846	32.54	173.36	1	0	54	60	50*
Tilak Varma	54	1499	37.48	144.41	8	0	113	74	84*

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