Shubman Gill - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Shubman Gill - 200 - Seems easy to forget but at the start of the year, Gill was in amazing form and he has carried this into the IPL. He had his best week of the season so far with a 130 runs across 2 games and his 2nd Cricketer of the Week accolade.

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 189 - This is his third week in the Top 5 in a row and we're starting to see the ol' 'Best White Ball Batter in the World' label being bandied around again. He still lags behind Buttler and Shakib in terms of batters in T20 points for us but is looking good.

3. Simon Harmer - 183 - Not able to really burst into life because of the early season conditions but is doing his standard work very well. He plays. He scores 100+. He moves up a place. He is now 15th overall.

4. Hardik Pandya - 164 - 70 of Hardik's 164 points came from Stike Rate alone. Is the ultimate pinch hitter in the IPL and is moving back up the table. he is up a place to 8th overall.

5. Jos Buttler - 163 - Frustratingly inconsistent this year. 95 against Hyderabad and then a duck against Kolkata. To nearly score a century at a 150+ Strike Rate and finish the week with 4 people above you is a shocker of a week.

Overall

We now have the same Top 5 for a full calendar month - a very early point of the year for this level of inertia to kick in. But the lack of fluidity goes even further than that.

Shakib in first has been Number 1 for 8 weeks in a row, beating Gill's previous record of 6. This is even more impressive as he has not played for a calendar month.

Buttler has been 2nd for 63% of the year with no other cricketer taking that place for longer than 3 weeks.

Gill has been in 3rd spot for 7 weeks overall. Either he or Shakib have taken 3rd spot in all but 4 weeks of the year.

4th is the most variable spot out of that Top 5 with 8 different people there at some point in the year. Rashid has held it for a month but he has been bouncing around 3rd, 4th and 5th since he entered the Top 5 in Week 11.

Jadeja's stay in 5th is the second longest run of any Cricketer in the List - Shakib's spell in first beats him by a week.

The Top 5 in full are:

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 2343
3 Shubman Gill 2279
4 Rashid Khan 2156
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2078

Other Movers

David Warner is a victim of failure around him as he manages to move up a spot despite scoring only 82 points this week. He replaces Cameron Green in 16th, which brings us to....

Ones To Watch

It is the battle of the underperforming Aussies this week as there is only 7 points between Delhi's Warner and Mumbai's Green. Very different players at different ends of their careers; both are capable of big things but both equally sporadic this season.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 197.31
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 173.17 ( Down from 177.9)
3. Jos Buttler = 167.36 (Down from 167.69)

Harmer's average jumps up the most as he moves into 100+ points a week for the first time this year. Sam Curran's score of 4 sees his average drop to 104.29 - the lowest it has been since his second week.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2164

Points By Format

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1459
Batting Bonus - Devon Conway = 290
Strike Rate - *Jos Buttler = 440

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1120
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 170
Economy - Rashid Khan = 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 360
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Weekly List In Full

Shubman Gill 200
Suryakumar Yadav 189
Simon Harmer 183
Hardik Pandya 164
Jos Buttler 163
Babar Azam 158
Rashid Khan 150
Ravindra Jadeja 121
David Warner 82
Devon Conway 74
Jonny Bairstow 70
Moeen Ali 47
Cam Green 38
Marco Jansen 23
Sam Curran 4

Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Shakib Al Hasan dnp
Harry Brook dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 2343
3 Shubman Gill 2279
4 Rashid Khan 2156
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2078
6 Devon Conway 1913
7 Babar Azam 1718
8 Hardik Pandya 1626
9 Marco Jansen 1519
10 Sam Curran 1460
11 Suryakumar Yadav 1370
12 Moeen Ali 1149
13 Usman Khawaja 1077
14 Harry Brook 1045
15 Simon Harmer 968
16 David Warner 858
17 Cam Green 851
18 Pat Cummins 330
19 Jonny Bairstow 70