Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Huge amount of movement this week on our Overall List with only 8 people in the same position they were last week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 357 - Returning for a third highest scoring week of 2024 - the joint most alongside Azam and Ravindra. Scored 57% of her points with the bat and then contributed with the ball too courtesy of 5 wickets across her three games this week.

2. Virat Kohli - 244 - Continuing his personal dominance of the IPL, despite his team's dire form. This week's score is his highest of 2024 thus far. He moves into the Top 10 overall for the first time since Week 1.

3. Travis Head - 227 - Isn't fooling around in this year's IPL. Say's something when his score of 48 off 30 vs Mumbai is one of his more pedestrian outings of the last fortnight.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 173 - A stonking performance from just one game this week as he contributed with both bat and ball against Punjab.

5. Sam Curran - 129 - Did just enough to edge into the Top 5 this week despite not really looking impressive in any of his disciplines - however did just enough to beat a rather underwhelming chasing pack.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2117 - Inactive this week and his lead is a fairly obtainable 128. He is in action as I type though and will be expected to do big things against Ireland.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - Bursts up the table once more and moves into second spot; her highest performance for 14 weeks. Frustratingly now will take a break from cricket. How low will she slump from here?

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1735 - Seems to be in a bit of a pickle again with just 4 points to his name this week that sees him drop off the pace a little this week. Down a place to third.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1594 - Back up a place this week courtesy of his one man show against Punjab. Seems to like jumping up and down between 4th and 5th - but has 141 points between him and third this week.

5. Travis Head - 1567 - Makes his Top 5 bow for the first time in his two years in our Lists. In this kind of form he will be looking up rather than at the 124 points between himself and James Vince in 6th.

Ones to Watch

Virat Kohli, all sparks and pyrotechnics, goes up against the grinding persistency of Sam Curran this week. 2 points separate them in a battle for 10th place.

Other Movers

Three players move up despite meagre scores this week. Harry Brook's 95 sees him up a spot to 10th whilst Phil Salt got 107 to move to 9th. Moeen is the luckiest boy - he scores just 17 and moves up a spot to 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 176.42
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75 (Up from 148.36)
3. Virat Kohli - 141.21 (Up from 128.35)

Chamari Athapaththu moves up the most - an improvement of 17.39 points to 165 and 3/4. Jos Buttler continues his descent down the averages and decreases by 10.34 to 122.36.


Phil Salt's good week sees his average swell by 19.35 to 109.45 whilst Jadeja's off week sees him drop by 9.72 to 129.18.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2048

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1207
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 250
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 480

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 260

Fielding – Phil Salt = 210
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & *Phil Salt- 20

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 357
Virat Kohli 244
Travis Head 227
Ravindra Jadeja 173
Sam Curran 129
Phil Salt 107
Harry Brook 95
Daryl Mitchell 60
Simon Harmer 35
Jos Buttler 19
Moeen Ali 17
Glenn Maxwell 14
Yashasvi Jaiswal 4
Shubman Gill 2

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Babar Azam dnp
James Vince dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Babar Azam 2117
2 Chamari Athapaththu 1989
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1735
4 Ravindra Jadeja 1594
5 Travis Head 1567
6 James Vince 1443
7 Rachin Ravindra 1363
8 Jos Buttler 1346
9 Phil Salt 1311
10 Virat Kohli 1271
11 Sam Curran 1268
12 Shubman Gill 1223
13 Daryl Mitchell 1107
14 Glenn Maxwell 984
15 Moeen Ali 938
16 Mitchell Marsh 931
17 Simon Harmer 754
18 Marnus Labuschagne 708
19 Aaron Hardie 690
20 Harry Brook 588
21 Steve Smith 538
22 Usman Khawaja 338