Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 242 - Fourth Cricketer of the Week accolade for Azam who scored the highest score for the week despite scoring 0 points in the middle T20 against Ireland. This is his 19th COTW in his five years on the List. Just 23 to catch up to Harmer who has the most.

2. Daryl Mithcell - 165 - Seems to have put his poor form behind him. Helps that he played two games (but then again so did our other 3 Chennai players). Despite the second highest score of the week he holds 13th place overall with a 65 point gap to 12th.

3. Shubman Gill - 164 - Hasn't been a vintage IPL for Gill. After having scored 346 points in the first fortnight, he then went on to bag 87 up to last week. His 104 against Chennai a reminder of his prodigious form.

4. Sam Curran - 153 - Not hugely eye-catching this campaign but has been fairly consistent. This is his third 100+ score across the tournament. Moves up 3 places to 8th overall in a very fluid mid-table.

5. Moeen Ali - 116 - Has been much more of an asset for Chennai in the second half of the season. He scored 40 fewer points in his two games this week than he has in his whole competition up to this point.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2359 - Sat there in his top position for a 13th week. The chasing pack seemed to be edging closer, but his weekly high score jerks him away form them once more. The 370 point gap between him and second is the largest on the List once more.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - A well earned rest for the Sri Lankan captain after her Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier heroics. The problem is that break could extend as long as June and a series with West Indies Women.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1793 - Just 62 points scored over the last fortnight; rather undoing his three weeks of three figure scores before that. Still holds third though.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1637 - Controversy dogged Jadeja this week but over and above that he scored modestly but still retains fourth spot.

5. Travis Head - 1567 - Inactive this week but a poor week for James Vince sees him hold fifth with a gap of 48 from the Hampshire captain.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam -181.46 (Up from 176.42)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75
3. Virat Kohli - 133.8 (Down from 141.21)

Daryl Mitchel's average improves the most - however even an improvement of 5.6 doesn't see him edge over the 100 points a week mark. Buttler drops the most for the second consecutive week - down by 7.51, he has leaked 17.84 points on his average in the last fortnight.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2290

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1339
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 530

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 270

Fielding – Phil Salt = 230
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & *Phil Salt- 20

Weekly Scores In Full

Babar Azam 242
Daryl Mitchell 165
Shubman Gill 164
Sam Curran 153
Moeen Ali 116
James Vince 76
Rachin Ravindra 68
Virat Kohli 67
Yashasvi Jaiswal 58
Ravindra Jadeja 43
Jos Buttler 31
Phil Salt 26

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Travis Head dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp

Overall Scores in Full

Babar Azam 2359
Chamari Athapaththu 1989
Yashasvi Jaiswal 1793
Ravindra Jadeja 1637
Travis Head 1567
James Vince 1519
Rachin Ravindra 1431
Sam Curran 1421
Shubman Gill 1387
Jos Buttler 1377
Virat Kohli 1338
Phil Salt 1337
Daryl Mitchell 1272
Moeen Ali 1054
Glenn Maxwell 984
Mitchell Marsh 931
Simon Harmer 754
Marnus Labuschagne 708
Aaron Hardie 690
Harry Brook 588
Steve Smith 538
Usman Khawaja 338