Shubman Gill - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Update

1. Shubman Gill - 205 - After a tricky start to the year Gill is back in good form. Last year's third place player is easing up the table and jumps from 11th to 6th in the overall table this week thanks to 39 against Hyderabad and 89 against Punjab.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 179 - Pulls out of her nosedive of very poor scores to register a decent score thanks to 73 in the third T20 against South Africa. Jumps up from 9th to 7th.

3. Virat Kohli - 175 - Being the highest run scorer in the IPL will obviously see you up near the top of the points. He is also slowly but surely dragging himself away from the bottom of the Overall list. Up a further place to 19th this week with Steve Smith 28 points above him.

4. Phil Salt - 108 - Two decent outings against Bengaluru and Delhi sees him tip over the three figure mark and move into seventeenth place overall while he is at it.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 98 - Not hit the electric form of which he is most capable of but scored 20+ runs at a decent lick and got a couple of wickets this week to see him round off the top 5 for the week.

Overall List

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - Despite another inactive week, Azam still manages to keep his 624 point gap on second place who also remains inactive.

2. James Vince - 1277 - A third and final (weather-permitting) inactive week and Vince manages to hold on to second place by just 12 points.

3. Rachin Ravindra - 1265 - Has been the breakout success of 2024 but scores a mere 2 points this week and retains 3rd place.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1264 - Only 10 runs for the Indian superstar this week sees him hold onto fourth place for a second week. Could be anywhere between 4th and 2nd by this time next week such is the narrow gap between those places.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1075 - Another week in his most favoured position. Has Shubman Gill 80 points below him now so he needs to score more than the 61 or 62 points he has scored in the last fortnight to keep the wolf from the door.

Other Movers

Sam Curran moves up 1 place to 12th having finishes with the 6th highest score of 85 for the week.

Ones to Watch

It has to be that one point gap between Chennai's Ravindra and Rajasthan's Jaiswal. Add James Vince back in action and that top 5 could look very different next week.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 153.57 (Down from 169)
3. Jos Buttler - 142.17 (Down from 168)

In a week where all but 4 people's averages moved down, Ravindra's moved down the most - a decline of 17.32. Kohli's goes in the opposite direction; up 15.83 to 127.5 a week.


Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 400
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 220

Fielding – Babar Azam & Jos Buttler = 150
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20