IPL Data Analysis

Hrushikesh Sahu
3 min readJan 25, 2021

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Explore and analyze the data to discover results and statistics for different teams playing in IPL.

Analytical framework for better interpretation of fundamental in this sport.

Data visualization for selection of better players in the team.

Data Summary

●Data of 12 IPL Seasons from 2008 to 2019.

●There are 15 teams participating in the IPL.

●Match Details

●Venue Details

●Player details

●Season wise best performance

●Delivery details of each bowler and batsmen

●Home wins & Away wins

Most Successful Team

•Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab were top 5 teams in IPL.

•Mumbai Indians was the most successful team in IPL match.

Most Valuable Player

•Chris Gayle has been Player of the match for the greatest number of times.

•Undoubtedly, he is the most cherishable player.

•Chris Gayle is followed by AB de Villiers.

•The coach can know the top players and prepare for the game accordingly.

Win by Runs vs Win by Wickets

•The plot above, shows the distribution of each team won by wickets as well as runs.

  • We can conclude that Mumbai Indians have won maximum by runs ,followed by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Victory by Highest Margin

•The biggest margin of victory is by 146 runs.

•The Royal Challengers Bangalore have 3 victories amongst the top 5.

•In 2017, Mumbai Indians defeated the Delhi Daredevils by this margin.

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Strike Rate & Average

The above plot shows that lqbal Abdulla had scored highest average in IPLs.

B Stanlake & KMDN Kulasekara are the batsmen with the highest strike rate.

Additional Details

●Virat Kohli and SK Raina are the two batsmen who scored maximum number of runs during the IPLs.

●SL Malinga is the bowler, who took maximum extra runs.

●SK Raina has proved as best non-striker.

●Rajasthan Royals has taken total 14 super overs during all the seasons of IPL, which is the maximum count.

●S Dhawan has scored maximum boundaries during the IPLs.

●CH Gayle has hit maximum 6’s during the IPLs, undoubtedly he has proved as most valuable player of the team yet again.

Additional Details

●Chris Gayle has made maximum centuries i.e. 7 during the IPLs.

●Maximum half-centuries were made by DA Warner.

●SL Malinga is the top bowler who has taken maximum wickets during the IPLs.

Conclusion

●The performance of cricket players and toss related analysis in IPL has been visualized.

●Finding out hidden parameters, patterns and attributes lead to outcome which can help team owners to recognize better players, as the salary of player is auctioned accordingly.

●This project analyses Maximum runs, Top Strike Rate, Count of Toss wins.

●Based on the above analysis, the Indian batsmen are very good and are on top choice by the selectors.

●SK Raina considered as the finest batsmen who is second in the top list of batsmen having maximum runs, maximum man of the matches, maximum centuries scored.

●V Kohli at the first position of maximum runs and even he is in the list for maximum centuries.

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